Rejecting an Illinois Bell offer as "totally inadequate," about2,900 union operators and repairmen struck at midnight Saturday.
Talks between the union, the Communications Workers of America,and Illinois Bell broke down at 8:40 p.m. Saturday, when unionnegotiators left the bargaining table.
Illinois Bell will use management personnel to fill in for thestriking CWA workers, mostly operators and directory assistancepersonnel, and said interruptions in service will be minimal.
"There may be some delay in calls to an operator orinformation, but we expect minimal delays because managementemployees will be handling those calls," said Larry Cose, an …
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