VERIZON LOOKS TO CUT 2,000 JOBS.(BUSINESS)

Byline: -- Bloomberg News

NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications Inc., the biggest U.S. local-phone company, will fire workers in New York state if 2,000 union employees there don't accept buyout packages by Aug. 1, a spokesman said. Verizon is offering the buyouts to technicians and directory-assistance operators in New York represented by the Communications Workers of America, spokesman John Bonomo said. The company told the union it will begin eliminating jobs after Aug. 1 if the buyout offer isn't successful, …