41.   Nurses in the region voted Thursday to continue their strike despite a final ultimatum to return to work or be fired by Premier Raymond Mhlaba.

42.   Opposition parties continued the strike defying the troops deployment.

43.   Retail employees continued warning strikes Tuesday as a full-strike vote got underway, with union and employer negotiators blaming each other for the deadlock.

44.   Railroad workers, upset at plans to eliminate unprofitable lines, planned to continue their strike beyond Friday.

45.   She said nurses have made up their own minds to continue the strike until demands for higher wages and better working conditions are met.

46.   Some drivers vowed to continue the strike until police brutality ended.

47.   Speaking at a news conference just weeks before national elections, Prime Minister Shimon Peres said that Israel would continue the strikes.

48.   Strike leader Roland Tremper threatened in Berlin to continue the strikes through the August summer clearance sales, a critical selling period for retailers.

49.   The action came after pilots continued a strike and staged a protest march Sunday, defying airline threats of dismissal unless they return to work by noon.

50.   Ten immigrants who had staged a hunger strike during the church occupation were in police custody on Saturday, vowing to continue the strike they began in early June.