Verizon reaches deal with striking unions, Labor officials say

Verizon reaches deal with striking unions, Labor officials say

NEW YORK (AP) — Striking Verizon employees may be back to work next week after the company and its unions reached an agreement in principle for a four-year contract.

About 39,000 landline and cable employees in nine eastern states and the District of.Columbia struck the telephone and cable-television service provider in April. Members of the Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers had been working without a contract since August.

Six promising promotions for Boston Ballet
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Six promising promotions for Boston Ballet

Mary Hierholzer

This morning, Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announced six promotions for the 2016-17 season. Soloists Anaïs Chalendard and Seo Hye Han have been promoted to Principal Dancers, Second Soloist Junxiong Zhao is promoted to Soloist, Corps de Ballet Dancer Corina Gill is promoted to Second Soloist and both Desean Taber and Samivel Evans are promoted from Boston Ballet II to the Company Corps de Ballet.

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