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Striking staff have burned dismissal notices sent by the cash-strapped Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust.
BBC: Wakefield NHS strikers burn dismissal notices
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It rapidly replaced the 4, 500 striking staff with just 1, 900 temporary workers (and is training another 400) drawn from the pool of staff laid off by other airlines.
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Royal Mail said the recruitment drive was not about bringing in workers to do the work of striking staff, but to ensure there were enough staff to clear any backlogs between walkouts, as well as tackle the seasonal increase in mail volume.
BBC: Union urged to cancel post strike
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In south Wales, more than 50 Post Office staff are striking over plans to offer the Crown Post Offices in Carmarthen, Morriston, Neath and Port Talbot to a franchise partner.
BBC: Crown Post Office workers strike over franchise plans
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The further education staff say they are striking because of the government's support for the principles laid out in the Hutton report on public sector pensions - raising contributions, moving to a career average scheme, and linking pension rises to the lower measure of inflation, CPI.
BBC: UK lecturers' strike over pensions disrupts students
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And staff would be redeployed from elsewhere in the company to cover for any striking workers.
BBC: NEWS | Business | Union sets Eurostar strike date
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The fact that President Bush has become seized with the Soviets' bad credit rating is all the more striking given that he has recently made Ed Hewett his top Soviet specialist on the National Security Council staff.
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