31.   Filipino church officials, however, insisted there had been no walkout.

32.   However, if the walkout were to last for a couple of weeks, it could interfere with the inspection and delivery of aircraft to airlines.

33.   It also upheld an earlier decision that the walkout was illegal and ordered strikers back to work.

34.   It was not immediately known how widespread the teachers walkout was in the rest of the country.

35.   Mangione had predicted that the utility would have had a difficult time maintaining services if there was a walkout.

36.   Mangione predicted that the utility would have a difficult time maintaining services if there was a walkout.

37.   Officials of the NGO forum said a walkout was unlikely.

38.   The county filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the Employee Relations Commission, claiming the walkouts are illegal.

39.   The customs walkout is part of a larger strike involving all finance ministry employees.

40.   The government said the walkouts would be illegal.