Orange County commuters face bus strike
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Orange County's first bus strike in more than two decades disrupted the morning commute for thousands of riders Monday after 1,100 transportation workers walked off the job.
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London commuters were in for more chaos and disruption Tuesday as unions were set to embark upon a second day of strikes on the tube.
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District businesses are bracing for a 24-hour taxi strike threatened on Halloween, a high-volume day for cabs, in what drivers say might be the first in a series of strikes to protest Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's recent decision to switch from zones to meters.
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FREDERICTON (CP) - New Brunswick hospital workers are adopting an in-your-face strategy in their fight for higher wages by saying they will begin their strike Monday in Premier Bernard Lord&#39;s Moncton riding.
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By Lisa Vorderbrueggen, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 1--Billboards along commuter routes in eastern Contra Costa County and a companion Web site calling environmental groups "radicals" have generated several hundred e-mails to local elected leaders.
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More than 7,000 health care workers and registered nurses could hold a one-day strike at 10 Sutter Health hospitals on Dec. 1 if progress toward a contract is not made before then, union representatives announced Friday.
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PRETORIA - An estimated 800000 public servants are expected to take to the streets today in what has been billed the biggest strike in South Africa&#39;s history.
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FREDERICTON (CP) - New Brunswick hospital workers are adopting an in-your-face strategy in their fight for higher wages by saying they will begin their strike Monday in Premier Bernard Lord's Moncton riding.
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Tube passengers using the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines are preparing for travel chaos after union leaders confirmed that a strike by maintenance workers will go ahead as planned on Monday.
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Postal workers are due to stage a second one-day strike later today after meetings yesterday between Royal Mail's management and officials from the Communication Workers Union failed to break the deadlock in the dispute over pay and working practices.
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DETROIT - The United Auto Workers set a deadline of 11 a.m. this morning to strike General Motors Corp. if a new contract is not reached, even as the two sides continued bargaining late last night, according to a local union website.
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The threat of a strike by bellmen, housekeepers, and other Southern California hotel employees loomed larger yesterday, as an overwhelming majority of the workers gave their leaders a green light to call a walkout.
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By Bill Lindelof, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 22--Bus driver Don Schreckengost waited where Fair Oaks Boulevard and Manzanita Avenue meet in Carmichael for a passenger to put his $1 in the fare box.
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The nationwide public sector strike which began yesterday morning has already affected some 24,000 would-be international travelers.
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Nurses and other medical workers at Group Health Cooperative are expected to begin a five-day strike today across Western Washington, including at Olympia Medical Center.
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Emergency officials in Orange County braced Saturday for a major storm expected to strike overnight in canyons about 50 miles southwest of Los Angeles.
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Ambulance staff say they will hold a strike ballot if management do not agree to discuss their concerns.