The Wall Street Journal The government’s reference date is the pay period that contains the 12th day of the month. For the purposes of the May jobs report, that was in the thick of Verizon’s strike.

Salon This historic strike has finally reached its end...

The Wall Street Journal Two unions representing more than 36,000 Verizon workers were able to win concessions from the carrier in a new four-year contract, helping to end a nearly seven-week labor strike.

Reuters Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) and unions representing nearly 40,000 wireline workers have reached a tentative deal "in principle" to end a strike that started April 13th, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez said on Friday.

Reuters The strike by Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) workers will probably trim U.S. non-farm payroll growth in May by at least 35,000 jobs, a Labor Department report showed on Friday.

HuffPost Business One Verizon employee on why she is on strike.

CNNMoney The Obama administration is trying to help negotiate an end to the Verizon strike, which has dragged for more than a month. http://cnnmon.ie/1TS0TDj

CNNMoney More than 36,000 Verizon workers are on the biggest strike since 2011 to protest poor working conditions. They're upset that thousands of jobs have been moved overseas, that work is being outsourced to low-wage, non-union workers, and that they have Read more ... to work far from home for much of the year: http://cnnmon.ie/1ZjPsZr

CNNMoney More than 36,000 Verizon workers are on the biggest strike since 2011 to protest poor working conditions. They're upset that thousands of jobs have been moved overseas, that work is being outsourced to low-wage, non-union workers, and that they have Read more ... to work far from home for much of the year: http://cnnmon.ie/1Zioh0Y

NowThis Tens of thousands of Verizon workers have been on strike for weeks