NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) – Two unions representing 78,000 Verizon Communications workers have ratified a five-year labor agreement.

In September, the New York-based phone company reached a tentative pact with unions, who agreed to smaller wage increases and increases in health care costs in return for job security.

The Communication Workers Of America, which covers 60,000 workers from Maine to Virginia, said Wednesday 89 percent of its members voted “yes.”

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, also ratified the Verizon labor agreement, union spokesman Jim Spellane said. The approval rate was 90 percent.

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