71.   Some unions had called for a general strike Wednesday.

72.   Tahitian unions called a general strike to begin at midnight to protest the blast.

73.   The Association of Flight Attendants used an hour-long webcast Monday from Chicago to invoke the strategy the union calls CHAOS, for Create Havoc Around Our System.

74.   The company was seeking greater flexibility in handling layoffs and making staff assignments, but the union had called the proposals unreasonable.

75.   The Fellesforbundet union called the one-hour strike by land-based oil industry workshop and supply staff at six sites.

76.   The electrical workers union called it excessive.

77.   The Force Ouvriere union called for the one-day strike to protest work conditions and press demands for higher pay.

78.   The farmers union called the recent intimidation and demands a second phase in the occupations.

79.   The five unions have called for the one-day strike to pressure banks into talks on salaries, hiring and security.

80.   The Interacademic High School Coordination, as the union calls itself, was unimpressed.