Japan baseball players to strike
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Japan's professional baseball players are set to strike for the first time since the game was introduced 70 years ago.
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The South Korean Government Employees&#39; Union said Sunday its 140,000 members will begin a nationwide strikeMonday. &quot;We&#39;ll push ahead with the walkout to claim full labor rights,&quot; said a KGEU official.
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Japan&#39;s weekend baseball games will go ahead after club owners averted a second players&#39; strike by promising to add a new team next season.
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The Oakland Athletics are close to finalizing a contract with free agent right-handed pitcher Keiichi Yabu.
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Hall of Fame major league baseball player Nolan Ryan will be visiting Japan this month in a new role -- to make a sales pitch for beef from the United States, now struggling to regain its former position as a top supplier.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Officials from Major League Baseball and the players&#39; union have reportedly discussed a new drug testing policy that could go into effect for the 2005 season.
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A series of national strikes by postal workers will be held by the end of the month unless a row over pay and conditions is resolved, union leaders announced Tuesday.
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About 180 union reporters, copy editors and other newsroom staffers at the Chicago Sun-Times are scheduled to strike at noon Wednesday if they cannot agree on a contract with publisher Hollinger International Inc.
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TOKYO - The first-ever strike in the 70-year history of Japanese professional baseball will take place Saturday and Sunday after talks between management and the players association ended in failure Friday.
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Japan's baseball players meet fans in Tokyo to try to boost support for a strike - the first in the country's history.
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Japan's professional baseball players go on strike for the first time since the game was introduced 70 years ago.
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Roger Clemens was among eight players added to the list of major leaguers who will tour Japan in November, organizers said Wednesday.
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Japanese baseball players decided to go on strike for the first time in the 70 year history of the local game after last minute talks with the representatives
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Since 1998, major league baseball teams have had to pay posting fees for the right to negotiate with Japanese players who are still under contract.
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Oil workers in a key Nigerian petroleum center said they would go ahead with a strike planned Monday unless two expatriate oil executives blamed for cutting worker benefits heed their call to leave the country.
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The rivalry between the Boston Red Sox  and New York Yankees took on an Asian flavor on Monday when  three Japanese players met before their exhibition game.
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A powerful South Korean labor union said  Sunday hundreds of thousands of its members will strike from  next week against a bill that aims to curb union militancy and  allow companies to hire more temporary workers.