81. Concurrent plant strikes at GM plants are unusual but not unprecedented, McGhee said. 82. Critics claim that part of the deal strikes at the very heart of the constitutional right of citizens to sue in court. 83. Crude oil and gasoline surged on concern that a strike at an oil export terminal in Nigeria could disrupt exports from the fifth-largest supplier to the U.S. 84. Deeper strikes at targets inside Pakistan could well bring on a war, experts said. 85. Delta wants to avoid the kind of ill will that led to a strike at Northwest last fall and a sickout this week at American. 86. DuPont attributed the profit drop to acquisitions, the strike at General Motors and lower prices for oil, fibers and chemicals used in crop protection. 87. Ending the Mound Road strike would make it easier for the UAW to focus on two continuing strikes at GM. 88. Ending the Mound Road strike would enable the UAW to focus on two continuing strikes at GM. 89. Earlier this year Delta welcomed remarks from President Bush stating that the White House would take steps to block strikes at big airlines. 90. Factory use was depressed by weak production of autos, consumer goods and construction materials as well as a strike at aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co., the Fed said. |