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Fairpoint employees hug during a meeting in Portland Friday morning to vote on a prospective contract, ending four months of labor unrest.
CWA Local 1400 members take a celebratory selfie before a meeting Friday morning to vote on a proposed new contract with FairPoint.
Striking FairPoint workers meet to vote on a settlement at the Fireside Inn in Portland on Friday. Carl D. Walsh / Staff Photographer
Fairpoint striking employee Kevin Conley shouts, "One day longer, one day stronger" before a meeting to vote on a settlement at the Fireside Inn.
Striking Fairpoint workers gather outside of the ballroom of the Fireside Inn before a meeting to vote on the proposed contract.
FairPoint striking workers, and family members, from left, Jennifer McGowan, Ann Murphy, Heather Hendrix and Kevin Conley, rally before a meeting to vote on a contract settlement in Portland on Friday.
FairPoint Portland dispatcher Nancy Morin hugs a co-worker before a meeting to vote on a contract settlement at the Fireside Inn in Portland on Friday.