11.   As in eight other local strikes over the last three years, GM executives have vowed to proceed with their long-standing plans to cut costs.

12.   At GM, they now seem to occur with regularity because the contract allows strikes over local issues such as job safety and speedups.

13.   A recent strike over the issue at a General Motors factory was successful.

14.   A strike over a new contract dragged on.

15.   Air Force Major General Charles Wald said cloudy and rainy skies once again compromised NATO strikes over the weekend, a situation likely to remain for several days.

16.   Almost immediately, the Germans put Belle Glade on the national map when they held a two-day strike over a cut in cigarette rations.

17.   But industry groups began pre-emptive strikes over the weekend.

18.   Certainly there were repeated strikes over the attempts to touch anything, from the state-owned railroads to the social security system.

19.   Certainly, the threat of hiring replacement workers is playing a role in several current strikes over new contract terms.

20.   Federal workers staged earlier strikes over promised wage increases as well.