on strike

picketers are hiring homeless people to take their place on the picket line

because they don't want to have to be out in the elements!I can actually believe this, because our credit union tellers were on strike for almost a whole year and outside during every type of...

Can the doctors go on strike?

The basic argument is that the doctors are bound by an oath not to turn away any patient and it is mandatory for them to treat a critically ill patient when he knocks at their door. There is,...

Machinists union confirms start of Boeing talks (AP)

The Machinists union says negotiations to end a five-week strike at the Boeing Co. have begun. A note saying talks with a federal mediator were under way was posted Sunday on the union's Web site.

Contract talks restart between Boeing, machinists (AP)

Negotiations have begun to end a five-week strike by machinists for the Boeing Co. A note saying talks were under way with a federal mediator was posted Sunday on the Web site of the International...

Fantasy Baseball: Nomar Garciaparra

I've been meaning to post this, but haven't had the time. This is not an article breaking down Nomar's season, where he ranks amongst NL corner infielders. No. The reason for this post is to ask one...

Bombers Strike in Mosul and Baghdad, Killing 13

Homicide car bombers struck twice Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. A car bomb killed seven other people...

Bombers Strike in Mosul and Baghdad, Killing 13

Homicide car bombers struck twice Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. A car bomb killed seven other people...

Tehran's bazaar stays shut in VAT protest

AFP - TEHRAN (AFP) - The Iranian capital's traditional bazaar stayed on strike on Sunday demanding that a decision to bring in VAT be scrapped, even after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad froze its...

Stresses of Globalization

Unfortunately in the year XXXX the whole world was one large international workshop. A strike in the Argentine was apt to cause suffering in Berlin. A raise in the price of certain raw materials in...

Music Review: Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

A potent, heat-packing strike at the keeper. There’s always been something cheerful in watching the Grand Excess that is Oasis drive through another recording cycle. The Gallagher brothers...

Music Review: Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

A potent, heat-packing strike at the keeper. There’s always been something cheerful in watching the Grand Excess that is Oasis drive through another recording cycle. The Gallagher brothers...

U.S. Missile Strike Reportedly Kills 3 in Pakistan

Two Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people naer a market close to the Afghan border