1.   Immediately after the turnpike walkout started Monday morning, substitute work crews failed to report to the toll booths as scheduled, apparently in sympathy to the striking collectors.

2.   Immediately after the turnpike walkout started Monday morning, substitute work crews failed to report to the tollbooths as scheduled, apparently in sympathy with the striking collectors.

3.   On Friday, the walkouts started at some campuses with the first ringing of school bells, officials said.

4.   Union officials declined to say when any walkout might start.

5.   But the strikers said the walkout could start affecting production within a few days.

6.   The walkout started at noon Wednesday ahead of Pentecost Sunday, a national holiday in France.