31. The Congress of South African Trade Unions, which organized the strike, also wants four of the six-month pregnancy leave to be paid. 32. The employees have blamed the owner, a businessman, for the problems and organized several strikes in the past few months. 33. The Federation of Korean Trade Unions had earlier threatened to break off talks with government and business leaders and join a militant rival group in organizing nationwide strikes. 34. The government claimed the strike was organized by the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party. 35. The more militant Korean Confederation of Trade Unions withdrew from the talks early this week, threatening to organize protest strikes beginning this weekend. 36. The strikes have been organized primarily by rank-and-file troops disgruntled with the gap between their wages and those paid to their bosses. 37. The smaller National Professional Teachers Organization and the South African teachers Union have also served notice they plan to organize a strike. 38. The two labor groups said they will organize bigger strikes later this month when it hoped the military tension will subside. 39. The strike was organized by the Congress of South African Trade Unions, which plans further strikes in different parts of the country on Tuesday through Thursday. 40. The strike was organized by the main opposition party, the Awami League and its two allies, the Jatiya Party and the Jamaat-e-Islami party. |