While Verizon avoided a strike by making the labor unions happy, Qwest may not be so lucky. Verizon agreed to pay 100% of health insurance premiums and dole out more FiOS installation work to unions, but Qwest is on a tighter budget with no wireless revenues and a far less aggressive next-generation broadband deployment plan. Qwest says they have a contingency plan in place where managers will step in to do work should there be a strike, but the company remains "hopeful we'll reach an agreement in a timely fashion." Article submitter viperlmw writes in: "This isn't in the article, but according to the CWA bargaining committee, the company wants its occupational workers to pay $400 a month in premiums, and isn't budging. A strike may be inevitable."