1.   In January, a similar walkout at a Flint parts complex was resolved with a GM commitment to add several hundred jobs.

2.   Rosenfeld said the Teamsters staged a similar walkout earlier this year that was ineffectual.

3.   Similar walkouts -- joined by shopkeepers and others -- were staged in several other cities, including the opposition strongholds of Cacak and Kragujevac.

4.   Unions and trucking companies on Thursday held what were billed as last-ditch talks to avert a strike, one year after a similar walkout paralyzed much of France.

5.   Unions and trucking companies on Thursday opened what were billed as last-ditch talks to avert a strike, one year after a similar walkout paralyzed much of France.

6.   Similar temporary walkouts were expected to be staged in other regions, such as Brandenburg and Berlin later on Tuesday and in Baden-Wuerttemberg overnight on Wednesday.