it affects this specific number, because they are not getting paid by Verizon when they are on strike. They are off the payrolls, so this headline number which is called “non-farm payrolls” did not have them on it this month.
It was included in the text of the report: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
With the strike’s now having been settled, that 35k will come back on as a gain in NFP next month.
Smoke and mirrors.