51. At Midland Bank, workers walked out in protest after being asked to work late in the afternoon on Christmas Eve, when much of Britain shuts down. 52. Auto workers walked off their jobs and, on Wednesday, citizens began a symbolic scrubbing of the grimy Justice Palace in southern Charleroi. 53. Both she and Gov. Gary Locke say it is illegal for state workers to walk out. 54. But the workers have walked off the job without union authorization. 55. But the Royal Mail failed to deliver on Thursday, when workers walked off the job in a dispute over wages and working conditions. 56. Construction workers also walked off the job in Melbounre in sympathy. 57. Daewoo workers walked out again in the afternoon to join protest rallies. 58. Earlier, this week, fellow workers walked out and held a rally at the gates of the factory in a show of support to their colleagues. 59. Every two or three days, a town worker walks to a nearby pumping station where he adds chlorine to water taken from a small pond. 60. Gas station workers will walk off the job for three days starting Tuesday, launching a series of transport strikes that threaten to disrupt travel up and down Italy. |