11.   A partial strike affected the flow of traffic through Paris only marginally early Wednesday, officials said.

12.   A partial strike by baggage handlers at three airports in the Spanish Canary Islands caused delays Saturday, although the chaos of the day before was avoided.

13.   Air France pilots and Paris airport workers staged a partial strike Thursday, causing some cancellations and delays.

14.   Doctors in southern Sind province also went on a partial strike on Saturday to protest income taxes.

15.   Eight TAP Air Portugal flights were grounded Sunday, stranding hundreds of passengers on the first day of a partial strike by pilots, the airline said.

16.   Earlier this month, hospital and phone workers staged partial strikes after negotiations between government workers and the finance ministry broke down.

17.   Gasoline station and taxi driver associations have intimated partial strike action next week depending on what concessions the truckers might win.

18.   Health, railway and electrical workers are all threatening partial strikes this winter if their wage demands are not met.

19.   Health workers and railroad drivers are deliberating whether to hold a partial strike to back wage demands.

20.   If no progress is made in upcoming talks, the union says it will organize a partial nationwide strike.