1.   Both sides said they remain committed to reaching a new contract that would avert a potentially crippling walkout for the TV and movie industry.

2.   Hollywood actors reached a tentative contract agreement Tuesday night that will likely avert a crippling walkout for the TV and movie industry.

3.   More than two weeks after a crippling walkout by flight attendants, British Airways said Monday it has restored its full flight schedule.

4.   Negotiators for Hollywood actors and producers faced a midnight deadline Saturday as they sought to avert what could be a crippling walkout for the TV and movie industry.

5.   The most crippling walkouts have been in public transport.

6.   The strikers were seeking the same retirement privileges that truck drivers and Paris transit workers have obtained through crippling walkouts.

7.   Truck drivers and Paris transit workers have already obtained early retirement through crippling walkouts.

8.   With the crippling walkout against state agencies and companies entering its fifth week, strikers occupied several buildings belonging to the post office, phone company and agencies.

9.   South Korean financial workers took off their ties and uniforms Monday in a warm-up for a crippling nationwide walkout to protest new government labor regulations.