Turnpike runs free on 1st day of strike
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The first strike in the 64-year history of the Pennsylvania Turnpike meant free rides for about 650,000 vehicles yesterday, the first travel day of the Thanksgiving weekend.
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With smooth holiday travel along its 531 miles of road, the Pennsylvania Turnpike will continue to cycle temporary workers and managers
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NEW DELHI: India&#39;s largest truckers&#39; union began a nationwide strike yesterday, disrupting shipment of goods, to protest a government plan for a service tax on transport booking agents.
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Legislators on Sunday had just one more day to agree on a state budget before a partial government shutdown that would furlough thousands of workers and curtail some services.
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AMHERST TOWNSHIP -- The Ohio Turnpike Commission said yesterday that the new SR 58 interchange will open as planned at noon Tuesday, unaffected by a labor dispute with the union that represents toll collectors and maintenance workers.
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A three-year contract has been ratified by union workers at Berenfield Containers in Forks Township. Workers will receive a 2.5 percent wage increase the first year and a 2.9 percent increase in the second
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Strikes against rocket launch sites are first since Hamas took control last week.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike managers and temporary workers held out their hands again yesterday to collect tolls from shoppers, football fans and end-of-Thankgiving weekend
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission lost about $2 million in revenue Wednesday as thousands of holiday travelers zipped through the toll booths for free.
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Politics: 8 November 2004, Monday. Workers and officers in Bulgaria's arms repair plant TEREM have launched one-hour effective strike in the town of Targovishte, north Bulgraia.
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The one-time salary rollback was part of a new proposal made by the Players&#39; Association in Toronto, at the first collective bargaining session since the NHL locked out the players on September 15.
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Workers who refuel planes at Heathrow airport today began a 48-hour strike after rejecting a two-year pay offer. Around 40 members of the Transport and General Workers Union walked out in the early hours of this morning after turning down the deal.
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The first national strike against G.M. by the auto workers union since 1970 began today after the two sides failed to reach an agreement on a contract.
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National strike will hit public transport across nation.
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By Levy, Ken  Here's a win-win opportunity for youth looking to get into the construction trades and for contractors hungry for workers at a reasonable introductory salary. And it's all free. "Build our Future" is an Idaho Dept.
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At 12:01 am yesterday, he joined hundreds of turnpike managers and others in manning collection booths along the 531-mile toll road.
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New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) The All India Motor Transport Congress today called off their seven-day old &#39;indefinite&#39; truckers strike after it reached an agreement with the Government on the contentious issue of service tax and various other demands.