21.   In South Africa, some mines were affected by a nationwide strike organized by the Congress of South African Trade Unions to protest new government labor laws.

22.   Last month his labor minister warned that if business leaders carried out their threat of a nationwide strike, the workers would still show up.

23.   Leaders of major Muslim political parties call for a nationwide strike Monday.

24.   Most of their workers belong to the outlawed Korea Confederation of Trade Unions, which are leading the nationwide strikes.

25.   Most urgently, coal miners are threatening a nationwide strike over delayed pay and are demanding a tripling in government subsidies.

26.   Nationwide strikes already cost automakers billions of dollars.

27.   Nervous business leaders are even considering a nationwide corporate strike to force Samper from office and end the worst crisis in decades.

28.   Politics at all levels is being played out in the high-profile nationwide strike against United Parcel Service.

29.   Russian Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin promised to pay delayed wages as millions of workers nationwide held strikes to demand their salaries.

30.   Shares of freight shipping companies rose after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union began a nationwide strike against United Parcel Service of America Inc.