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a concerted refusal to work by employees, with the goal of improving wages or employment conditions, voicing a grievance, making a protest, or supporting other...
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Oil strikes New Record Near $120 on Supply Fears
By Fayen Wong PERTH (Reuters) - Oil struck a record high at $119.93 a barrel on Monday, extending the previous session's rally, as a strike closed a major British oil pipeline and as new violence in Nigeria reignited supply fears. Simmering tensions between...
Tags: Nigeria, strike, Iran, refinery, British Petroleum Co plc, North Sea, violence, Scotland, Britain, oil, attack, U.S., Washington, Thomson Reuters Corp., worker
News items 2008-04-27
Oil strikes New Record Near $120
By Fayen Wong PERTH (Reuters UK) - Oil struck a record high at $119.93 a barrel on Monday, extending the previous session's rally, as a strike closed a major oil pipeline and as new violence in Nigeria reignited supply fears. Simmering tensions between the United States...
Tags: Strike, British Petroleum Co Plc, Nigeria, Attack, Security, Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc., US
News items 2008-04-27
UAW strikes GM Kansas Plant Making Chevy Malibu
By Kevin Krolicki and David Bailey DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp (GM) union workers at a Kansas assembly plant making the hot-selling Chevrolet Malibu went on strike Monday morning, the automaker and the union said. The plant in Fairfax, Kansas, employs about...
Tags: General Motors Corp., UAW, Kansas, Michigan, strike, automobile company, Detroit, worker, agreement, SUV, Thomson Reuters Corp., supplier
News items 2008-05-05
More Grangemouth Refinery Talks
LONDON (Reuters UK) - More talks are likely next week between management and workers to resolve a dispute at the Grangemouth refinery that led to a two-day strike this week, a union official said on Thursday. The two-day strike at Grangemouth, which produces 10 percent...
Tags: Strike, Refinery, U.K., Grangemouth, Benefits, Leadership, Human Resources, Management
News items 2008-05-01
strike Closes Major UK Oil Pipeline
By Jeremy Lovell LONDON (Reuters UK) - A pipeline carrying nearly half of Britain's oil was closed on Sunday as a strike over pensions began at the neighbouring Grangemouth refinery in Scotland, operator BP (BP) said. The refinery, owned by international chemical company Ineos, produces...
Tags: Scotland, Strike, British Petroleum Co Plc, Refinery, Government, Vertical Industries, Recruitment & Selection, Enterprise Software
News items 2008-04-27
American Axle Posts Quarterly Loss Amid UAW strike
By Soyoung Kim DETROIT (Reuters) - Auto parts supplier American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc (AXL) posted a bigger-than- expected quarterly loss on Friday, hit by a strike at five U.S. plants, and it repeated threats to close the factories unless ...
Tags: Labor relations, strike, UAW, American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc., quarterly loss, General Motors Corp., SUV, Detroit, collective bargaining, conference call, labor contract, worker, Thomson Reuters Corp., net income, income, U.S., analyst, agreement, benefit, finan
News items 2008-04-25
Grangemouth strike May Halve N.Sea Oil Output
By Margaret Orgill and Daniel Fineren LONDON (Reuters UK) - A strike planned this weekend at a major Scottish refinery raised on Thursday fears of fuel disruption and will force the closure of the key Forties North Sea pipeline, halving Britain's crude oil output. Talks to...
Tags: Strike, British Petroleum Co Plc, Refinery, Grangemouth, Taxes, Free Trade, Government, Vertical Industries
News items 2008-04-24

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Air force agent aids downed helicopter crew
On a cold and blustery Dec. 3, 2006, at Haditha Dam, Iraq, Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Jim Collins witnessed a Marine CH-46 Sea Knight crash into the chilling, 50-degree, 300' deep, cholera-filled water of Lake Quadisiya. Aboard the helicopter were 16 troops--14 passengers including a mix...
Articles 2008-06-01
President Bush's North Korea policy is in disarray
President Bush's North Korea policy is in disarray. The State Department's seeming goal is to implement our part of the six-party agreement, in which Kim Jong Il promised to give up his nuclear program in exchange for economic aid, no matter what reasons Kim gives us to think he is...
Articles 2008-05-19
2,000 Ecstasy pills are seized
A search warrant and high-speed chase last week resulted in the arrest of a man who police say is a major drug dealer in Weber County and also led to the largest Ecstasy bust in the history of the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force. An ongoing investigation into...
Articles 2008-05-08
Lebanon descends into chaos as rival leaders order general strike
Burning tyres on the airport road, flights suspended, demands from the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt that Hizbollah moves secret cameras from runway 1-7 and end the militia's equally secret underground communications equipment. Across Corniche Mazraa, crowds of shrieking Sunni and Shia Muslims hurl abuse and stones at each other. A...
Articles 2008-05-08
BAT strikes it lucky with steady marketof a billion smokers
THE INVESTMENT COLUMN Our view: Buy Share price: 1994p (+56p) Tobacco stocks may not be recession-proof, but at the moment they are looking recession-resistant. The two listed behemoths of the British market, British American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco, have traditionally been...
Articles 2008-05-08
Pay the lecturers
The news that the University and College Union has rejected the 2.5 per cent offer made to further education college lecturers by their employers - coupled with the threat of further strike action along the lines of that pursued in conjunction with teachers last month - is regrettable. College lecturers...
Articles 2008-05-08
Ferguson strike keeps Rangers on title course
*FOOTBALL RANGERS 1 MOTHERWELL 0 Rangers' quadruple quest remains alive and kicking thanks to their captain Barry Ferguson's late, solitary goal at Ibrox last night. The fate of the SPL title is in their own hands: the gap on Celtic is down to...
Articles 2008-05-08
Ferguson strike keeps Rangers on title course
FOOTBALL RANGERS 1 MOTHERWELL 0 Rangers' quadruple quest remains alive and kicking this morning after Barry Ferguson scored the goal at Ibrox last night that keeps the fate of the Scottish Premier League title in their own hands. Victory means they have closed...
Articles 2008-05-08
Trickle-Down Effect of American Axle strike Spreads to Other Tier Suppliers as Additional Layoffs Are Announced, an Industrial Info News Alert
Researched by Industrial Info Resources(Sugar Land, Texas) -- As the 10th week of the American Axle &Manufacturing Incorporated (NYSE:AXL) (Detroit, Michigan) strike comes to aclose, the effects of the walkout are obvious. General Motors Corporation(NYSE:GM) (Detroit) has either halted or slowed production at 30 of itsmanufacturing or assembly facilities in...
Articles 2008-05-08
NCAR Installs 76-Teraflop Supercomputer for Critical Research on Climate Change, Severe Weather
The National Center for Atmospheric Research(NCAR) has taken delivery of a new IBM (NYSE: IBM) supercomputer that willadvance research into severe weather and the future of Earth's climate. Thesupercomputer, known as a Power 575 Hydro-Cluster, is the first in a highlyenergy-efficient class of machines to be shipped anywhere in the...
Articles 2008-05-08
NBC will charge $3 million for 30-second Super Bowl ad
General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal plans to charge advertisers $3 million for a 30-second spot during next year's Super Bowl. The price exceeds the average $2.7 million News Corp.'s Fox got for a 30-second ad in this year's football championship game. Brian Walker, a spokesman for NBC,...
Articles 2008-05-07
Rockville-based Neuralstem strikes back in patent suit
Stung by stock losses that followed a competitor's news release, a Rockville biotech company is fighting back with an unusual move in court. Neuralstem Inc., which was sued for patent infringement by California-based StemCells Inc., has asked a judge who put the case on hold last year...
Articles 2008-05-07
Top shows hit lows; was it the strike?
Spring has sprung leaks in big-network lineups. Ratings shortfalls for some top series have sparked Hollywood hand-wringing on the eve of next week's fall schedule announcements. Such shows as ER, CSI: Miami, My Name Is Earl, The Simpsons and Supernatural hit all-time lows in recent weeks, and others...
Articles 2008-05-07
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