51.   But their leaders warned they could launch a hunger strike to keep up the pressure on the goverment to introduce across-the-board annual bonuses.

52.   It is also involved in a dispute with remaining staff over annual bonus payments.

53.   Other state employees Thursday joined the indefinite strike to demand parity in annual bonuses with that of employees of the state-run railways, trade unionists said.

54.   One of the advances made overnight, officials said, was on payment of an annual bonus.

55.   The cabinet met Tuesday and announced that it would grant across-the-board annual bonuses to all the postal and telecoms workers on a par with the state-run railways.

56.   The district education commission director was also stripped of his annual bonus, the report said.

57.   The government last year refused to pay civil servants their annual bonuses claiming it was broke.