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Contract Between Consolidated Communications, Workers Nearing Deadline

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ Consolidated Communications and unions representing more than 1,000 workers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are continuing negotiations as a deadline nears.

   The two sides are seeking an agreement before the current labor contract expires at midnight Saturday.

   The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Communications Workers of America already authorized a strike, but it's unclear if it'll come to that.

   These are the first contract negotiations by the unions since a four-month strike against FairPoint Communications. Illinois-based Consolidated purchased FairPoint last year.

   Consolidated Communications provides telephone and broadband internet in northern New England. It also operates in 21 other states.