Please note: The following video contains explicit language.

A video posted online appears to show a Verizon picketer placing his young daughter in front of an oncoming truck — presumably carrying non-union employees — and then taunting the passengers with profanity-laced statements.

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"That's who you're hurting," the man says, pointing to the girl. "You're taking it from our family. Good job. Go back where you came from. Look at her face."

The video, posted Monday, is a sign of the intensifying standoff between Verizon and roughly 45,000 of its union employees. The two unions, the Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, have been on strike since negotiations for a new three-year contract broke down early Sunday morning.

Despite informal talks today and Monday, picketing events have continued to take place from Massachusetts to Virginia. In New Jersey, about half of the company's 15,000 workers have been picketing at locations across the state.

Both Verizon and union representatives declined to comment on the video.

In a statement earlier today, the CWA said it has received nearly two dozen reports of Verizon picketers being hit or narrowly missed by company vehicles driven by Verizon managers or non-union workers.

In one instance, which took place in Howell on Sunday, the victim was knocked unconscious and suffered a concussion, said Bob Master, a spokesman for the union.

"All I can tell you is that we've never had this before," said Master, adding he has been involved in four CWA telephone strikes since 1996. "It appears there's a pattern here of reckless driving."

On Monday, Verizon said it had been the victim of at least a dozen "sabotage" incidents targeting their cables and facilities in New Jersey and New York, affecting thousands of customers including hospitals, police and fire departments.

Verizon has said it is seeking to bring health care and pension benefits in line with the rest of the industry, but union representatives claim the company is trying to make cuts at a time when it is still making billions in profits.

Here is another video, showing striking Verizon union workers yelling at replacement workers.

(Warning: Some of the language in this video is explicit)

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