101.   The Solidarity trade union sponsored a strike action Monday that idled eight mines in southern Poland as miners were demanding higher wages.

102.   The strike action would only affect televised games, and the PFA will have to strike within a month of the ballot decision and give clubs a weeks notice.

103.   The Spanish soccer league said this month that clubs were considering taking strike action if the authorities insisted they paid arrears.

104.   The strike action has also caused serious supply problems for food markets.

105.   The strike action is expected to paralyze public transport in the capital, with no buses, trains or trolleys running during the evening rush hour.

106.   The unions said they were not discarding possible strike action.

107.   The Zimbabwe Nurses Association backed the strike action by its members and said it was scheduled to join other labor groups in talks with the government Wednesday.

108.   The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions began distributing leaflets with a strike call for Wednesday after a meeting with government ministers failed to avert strike action.

109.   They also blamed management for trying to hinder their strike action, by alienating them from other employees working for the airline.

110.   Thousands of railway workers marched through Paris Thursday in a show of union muscle that stopped short of strike action, leaving train and subway traffic virtually unaffected.