1.   It was followed by a rash of local selective strikes by health-service workers, dustmen, even the grave-diggers of Liverpool.

2.   Workers at the Trustee Savings Bank have voted for selective strike action in a staffing dispute.

3.   The union took selective strike action.

4.   On Thursday, talks broke off between AirTran and its flight attendants, and the union representing them plans a series of selective strikes around Labor Day.

5.   People close to the union speculated that if the union wanted to hurt GM, it could call selective strikes at these factories.

6.   The airline responded by threatening to fire any attendant who took part in a selective strike and, if necessary, to shut down its operations.

7.   In January, educators conducted a four-week selective strike that moved from school to school across the country.

8.   Trade union leaders started selective strikes Tuesday, with teachers not working for a day in four different school districts each day.

9.   The UAW had not explicitly threatened a strike but GM officials said a selective strike was one of the options considered by the union.

10.   The pilots have been taking selective strike action every weekend for a month at various departure points.