Verizon and two unions representing workers dodged a strike on Sunday as stagnant contract negotiations moved forward. The workers are represented by the Communication Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and early Sunday the unions released a statement reporting some progress. The two unions represent 65,000 workers who are concerned about health care and job security. In the statement released by the CWA, the union expressed, “Significant additional bargaining still lies ahead before a settlement is possible.” The unionized workers stretch from Maine to Virginia, but are mostly in Verizon’s landline division. The company plans to begin providing television programming in New York City’s crowded cable market. The union wants the company to provide those installation jobs to unionized members instead of continuing a perceived trend of shifting jobs to nonunion contract labor.