Qwest, union keep talking as contract expires

Members of the Communications Workers of America listen to union members talk on a cellular telephone during an informational picket outside a Qwest Communications International Inc. facility in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo., on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. Qwest and members of its largest union continue to negotiate for a new contract even though the existing pact expired at midnight. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)