11.   Hundreds of workers at engineering firms in eastern Germany downed tools for a half-hour, the first of dozens of short stoppages planned across the region during Monday.

12.   Hundreds of KOC workers downed tools for six days in March to demand long-delayed promotions and pay raises, which most of them got.

13.   The independent trade union Promyana called an immediate strike, and the larger Podkrepa union urged its members to down tools Wednesday.

14.   France is preparing for a Black Thursday of transport strikes, with rail, metro, bus and airline workers all planning to down tools at the same time.

15.   Government to press reforms in Italy desorms Wednesday, the day after a general strike in which millions of workers downed tools in protest.

16.   However, if the government did not resolve their grievances, they would still consider downing their tools again.

17.   Hyundai Motor workers have already downed tools for four hours a day since last Friday.

18.   In a scene repeated nationwide, workers at one Beijing factory downed tools and filed into a giant meeting room to watch a live television broadcast of the funeral.

19.   In a scene repeated nationwide, workers at one Beijing factory downed tools and filed into a giant meeting room to watch on a giant screen.

20.   But after an investigation, the five white officers were reinstated, resulting in the black policemen downing tools on Thursday.