Federal law generally prohibits workers from striking against a secondary employer in order to punish a primary employer, but the NLRB said that doesn't apply in this case because both the city and the bus companies are primary employers.

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shut down three primary companies -- Apex Bus Inc.

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In Caerphilly county, a bus carrying Abercarn Primary School pupils went off Llanfach Road, which was covered in slush and snow.

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The upgrade on the machine includes a boost to the system bus--the primary pathway between the central processing chip and the computer's memory, from 100 MHz to 133 MHz.

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But for those in the lower-income brackets, walking and using a well-established (albeit overloaded) mini-bus taxi system are the primary ways of getting around.

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About 1, 200 primary and secondary children in the county currently get free bus passes under the scheme.

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All primary and secondary schools will be open and mainstream school bus services will continue to operate, but there will be no school crossing patrollers.

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Kerry, 60, injured his shoulder in January during the primary campaign in Iowa, when he caught himself as his bus stopped suddenly.

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In light of the considerable number of pupils who do not manage to complete their entire primary education, the mobile library creates an incentive to attend school and the arrival of the bus is announced through a loudspeaker to inform the community.

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