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Backdropped by the historic Tower Bridge, a giant Olympic Rings floats on the River Thames in London in the run-up for the Olympic games, during its launch to mark 150-days until the start of the London 2012 Olympic games, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Labor union threatens to disrupt London Olympics with strike

Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 10:59am

LONDON -- A threat by Britain's largest labor union to disrupt the London Olympics with strikes is "unacceptable and unpatriotic," Prime Minister David Cameron's office said Wednesday.

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Metalworkers march through downtown Turin, Italy, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. Union leaders in Italy are calling on workers to stage a three-hour strike to protest austerity measures that Premier Mario Monti hopes will save the country from financial ruin. The union leaders say the measures hit too hard at pensioners and workers and not hard enough at the wealthy (AP Photo/Fabio Ferrari, Lapresse)

Italian markets nervous as unions strike over cuts

Colleen Barry, Frances D’emilio The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 12, 2011 - 8:52am

ROME — Italian financial market jitters worsened on Monday, as workers angry about government austerity reforms went on strike and held nationwide rallies while investors turned skeptical about an EU pact to save the euro.

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Nurses sick of cutbacks strike at 34 California hospitals

Kristin J. Bender Oakland Tribune

Last updated Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 9:06pm

OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 20,000 registered nurses began a one-day strike Thursday at 34 Northern and Central California hospitals in what was one of the largest such labor actions in years.

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(JASON REDMOND/The Associated Press) Albertsons employee Timothy Sillekens prepares picket signs as members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union Local 770 prepare for a possible strike in Los Angeles, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. The union has issued a 72-hour notice to cancel their contract in response to a health-care proposal by the grocery chains.

Clock ticks toward possible Calif grocery strike

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 5:59pm

LOS ANGELES — A union representing workers at three major grocery chains in Southern California distributed picket signs Sunday, as the clock ticked toward the end of a three-day notice period required before calling a strike.

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Tacoma teachers go on strike

Adam Ashton Tacoma News Tribune

Last updated Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 3:48pm

TACOMA, Wash. -- Hundreds of Tacoma teachers are picketing Tuesday at Lincoln High School, passing a marquee that reads "School cancelled today."

They appeared uplifted as they sought to carry their momentum from their vote Monday night to strike over a breakdown in contract talks with Tacoma Public Schools.

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Pakistan's paramilitary troops patrol during a strike in Karachi, Pakistan Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Pakistan's largest city ground to a halt Tuesday, with most residents staying off the streets after a political party called a strike to protest the deaths of at least 96 people killed in Karachi in the past week. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Strike grinds Pakistan's biggest city to a halt

Ashraf Khan The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 11:01am

KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistan's largest city ground to a halt Tuesday, with most residents staying off the streets after a political party called a strike to protest the deaths of at least 96 people killed in Karachi in the past week.

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