21.   French markets were again hobbled by strikes over welfare spending cuts.

22.   General Motors Corp. was the target of four UAW strikes over similar disputes earlier this year.

23.   Histadrut led the strike over concern that planned state-asset sales and an overhaul of the economy will cost jobs.

24.   Leaders of other Broadway unions privately say they would not honor picket lines in a strike over walkers.

25.   Local unions in Flint, Mich., and Anderson, Ind., have gone on strike over the same outsourcing issues but GM moved quickly to settle the disputes.

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

27.   Rivers has good reason to launch a pre-emptive strike over a fashion violation that even Blackwell would be hard pressed to notice.

28.   Sickness rates among TAP pilots have surged during their partial strike over working hours.

29.   Strikes over local issues are also permitted at Ford and Chrysler.

30.   That was the case two years ago when the Dayton workers launched a three-day strike over similar issues.