1.   An end to forced overtime, better health benefits and better pensions were the rallying cries in the strike vote.

2.   And league executives say they have not been told by the union that a strike authorization vote had been taken.

3.   At CANTV, the national phone company, workers are scheduled to take a strike vote this afternoon.

4.   As they usually do when voting on a contract proposal, union members are also taking a strike authorization vote.

5.   Boeing spokesman Russ Young declined to comment Thursday night on the strike vote, saying he still had not received confirmation of the results.

6.   But the musicians fault management for the loss of the EMI contract, saying that their strike vote is also a no-confidence vote in the administration.

7.   Even if a strike vote is successful, the Teamsters could not strike until they are released by the National Mediation Board.

8.   Holidays could delay a strike vote scheduled for this week, he said.

9.   If the salaries are not restored, a strike vote will be conducted in mid-September, during the first week of the new school year, Bernstein said.

10.   Meanwhile, United Airlines faces a strike vote by its ground crews.