FedEx planes had delivered packages in the face of hurricanes, volcano eruptions and labor strikes.
How good for a dynamic America will be it if labor strikes become everyday occurrences again?
These are caused by a variety of factors, such as weather, labor strikes, or simply a poor grade deposit.
In 2002, there were just 19 major work stoppages (including both labor strikes and employer lockouts) involving 46, 000 workers in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Greece is experiencing labor strikes and public uprisings to protest the cuts in government jobs and benefits, while it was announced this week that the Greek economy has already dropped back into recession, with back-to-back quarters of negative GDP.
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Boies also contended that the Norris-LaGuardia Act (the Act) prevents courts from issuing injunctions to block lockouts or strikes arising from labor disputes.
To top it all, the company may face difficulty in negotiating with workers in November over wages and jobs due to lower expected production, and this could lead to a new wave of strikes and general labor unrest.
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The company also has just emerged from a spate of labor problems, with two local union strikes at key factories and a nearly three-month strike at key parts maker American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings.
The company also has just emerged from a spate of labor problems, with two local union strikes at key factories and a nearly three-month strike at key parts maker American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings (nyse: AXL - news - people ).
This has caused serious resentment in the labor force which could easily result in new strikes by miners and possibly transport workers.
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Malema has also called for nationwide strikes in the mining industry, dismaying politicians trying to quell labor discontent among workers.
These include increasing difficulties of mining far below the ground in the key producing nation of South Africa, as well as labor issues that mean higher costs and the threat of supply disruptions due to strikes.
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The victory by the Mahalla strikers, which was the most dramatic of a wave of strikes and job actions across Egypt for the past 10 months, has raised new hopes among labor advocates.
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