Verizon wireline workers' strike to start Wednesday: unions

By Malathi Nayak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc's wireline employees will go on strike starting Wednesday after reaching an impasse in talks over a new labor contract, union officials said on Monday. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers unions say they jointly represent nearly 40,000 employees of the wireline business, which includes FiOS Internet, telephone and TV services. Unless Verizon reconsiders its stance on unset