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    LCBO strike threat off after deal reached

    The prospect of a Victoria Day weekend liquor store strike in Ontario has been taken off the shelf after a deal was reached late Thursday night between the LCBO and its unionized workers. More...
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    Air Canada could face March 12 strike

    Air Canada said late Tuesday that is has been served a March 12 strike notice by the union representing its 8,600 mechanics, baggage handlers and cargo agents in Canada. More...
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    B.C. teachers' strike begins with no rush for legislation

    The B.C. government says it will not rush through legislation to end a strike by the province's teachers, which began on Monday morning. More...
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    Parents brace for strike as B.C. teachers vote

    Parents in British Columbia are bracing for a possible strike as teachers throughout the province vote on whether they want to walk off the job. More...
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    B.C. teachers granted limited right to 3-day strike

    B.C.'s 40,000 teachers have been granted the right to strike with certain conditions by the province's Labour Relations Board. More...
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    Nigeria labor says no agreement to end fuel strike (AP)

    AP - Nigeria's government and labor unions failed Saturday night to end a paralyzing nationwide strike over high gasoline costs, potentially sparking an oil production shutdown in a nation vital to U.S. oil supplies. More...
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    Portugal strike to hit public services, transport (AP)

    AP - Portugal is bracing for a broad shutdown of public services Thursday as trade unions stage a general strike against austerity measures adopted in return for a euro78 billion ($104 billion) international bailout. More...
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    Hundreds of thousands strike in UK pensions row

    Hundreds of thousands of British public sector workers went on strike Thursday to defend their pensions, causing widespread disruption to schools and state-run services. A third of English schools were closed and another third were affected, officials said, as up to 350,000 teachers, lecturers...
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    Struck by lightning record seven times

    US Park Ranger Roy C. Sullivan from Virginia holds the record for the person most times struck by lightning - and living to tell the tale. Between 1942 and...
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    Postal workers begin strike action

    Canadian postal workers began their first strike action in Winnipeg at midnight ET after rejecting last-minute contract proposals by Canada Post. Earlier in the day, the Crown corporation made what it said were a number of compromises on issues including sick days and hiring future employees...
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    Vandals attack embassies in Libya after airstrike

    TRIPOLI, Libya – Vandals attacked the Italian and British embassies in the Libyan capital Sunday, hours after Moammar Gadhafi escaped a NATO missile strike that officials said killed one of his sons and three young grandchildren. The unrest prompted the United Nations to pull its international...
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    NATO air strike killed two Afghan children in east: officials

    An air strike by NATO-led forces killed two children as they were watering fields in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province late on Monday, an Afghan official and lawmaker said. The deaths occurred weeks after tensions between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Western backers were inflamed by...
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    Detroit musicians reject orchestra offer, season ends

    The Detroit Symphony Orchestra suspended the remainder of its season after striking musicians rejected management's final contract offer on Saturday. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra said it "reluctantly" released artists and conductors from their contracts after the vote. It suspended remaining...
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    Strikes bring Bangladesh to standstill

    -- Schools and businesses closed and police fought with protesters Monday as thousands of opposition party supporters took to the streets in a daylong strike against the government. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, called the strike to...
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    Officials: Pakistan drone strikes kill 13

    - Two drone strikes killed 13 militants in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, two intelligence officials said. The first drone strike targeted militants' hideout in Miran Shah, officials said. Four missiles were fired, killing seven militants, officials said. In the second drone strike, two...
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    French strike rolls into 3rd day By the CNN Wire Staff

    Paris, France -- French workers -- upset that the government might make them wait until age 62 to retire -- extended their strike into a third day Thursday, and while transportation appeared to be improving, the situation at oil refineries was not. The Paris Metro was running smoothly and there...
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    French unions stage open-ended strike

    Paris, France -- More than a million people went on strike in France Tuesday -- the biggest demonstrations yet in a series of rolling strikes against government plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. The Ministry of the Interior said as many as 1.2 million people walked out of work...
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    Firing sparks 1-day Disney hotel strike

    Firing sparks 1-day Disney hotel strike ANAHEIM, Calif., (UPI) -- Union leaders say Friday's strike at a Disneyland hotel was sparked by the firing of one of its more vocal members amid an ongoing contract dispute. More than 200 members of Unite Here walked out for one day at the Anaheim...
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    Spirit cancels flights ahead of strike

    Spirit cancels flights ahead of strike MIRAMAR, Fla., (UPI) -- Spirit Airlines in Florida said it had re-routed some passengers and canceled flights in advance of a pilot strike that was set to begin midnight Friday. Airline spokeswoman Misty Pinson said Spirit had "pre-canceled some flights...
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