1.   At the end of October, egged on by rank-and-file demands for an eight-hour day, the Soviet endorsed renewed strike action.

2.   Hospital workers have voted in favour of strike action.

3.   Shipbuilders and dockers were solidly in favour of strike action in support of their claim.

4.   Talks will be held today in a final attempt to avert strike action.

5.   The cost is more than made up for by the fact that virtually no man-hours are lost through strike action.

6.   The miners voted for strike action in support of their pay claim.

7.   The union will ballot its members on whether to go ahead with the strike action.

8.   The union will now ballot its members on whether to go ahead with strike action.