The government in West Bengal state had earlier warned workers not to skip work during the strike and the state has remained largely unaffected by the shutdown.
Moving forward, we as a nation must work together to strike the right balance between our need to promote the public trust and using taxpayer money prudently to strengthen the financial system, while also ensuring the trust of those market participants who we need to do their part to get credit flowing to working families and businesses -- large and small -- across this nation.
The massive conglomerate avoids a strike, as work stoppages generally are things of the past.
The teachers' union, NUT Cymru, has been advising its members to report for work as usual despite the strike action.
In a similar dispute over a below-inflation pay offer, Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) workers in five agencies and public bodies voted for strike action and work-to-rule.
City were ahead at the break, thanks to Jo's thunderous strike after good work from Swedish teenager John Guidetti on his first start, but even that goal came against the run of play.
And though there's rarely an ideal time for a work stoppage, a fall strike would likely exact the most immediate and irreparable damage on network television, which is having trouble maintaining its relevance even with a full stable of writers at work.
"While this agreement is neither perfect nor perhaps all that we deserve for the countless hours of hard work and sacrifice, our strike has been a success, " Writers Guild West president Patric Verrone and WGA East president Michael Winship said in an e-mail sent to union members early Saturday.
Machinists at Boeing accepted revised contract terms and returned to work after a two-month strike.
Miners at the platinum firm Lonmin returned to work last month after a separate strike over wages.
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Employing extra people to do the work of staff who are on strike is illegal under employment law.
When this caused negotiations to overrun, it resorted to what amounted to an undeclared strike, by slowing work down.
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The school sent packets of work home for students before the strike began.
The council had tried to get union leaders to agree an exemption that would allow airport staff to work during the 48-hour strike.
Because it's illegal for public employee unions in New York state to strike, the 2005 work stoppage led to a range of sanctions from which the TWU is still recovering.
Fears of a work stoppage, like the bitter strike the company went through in 1997, re-routed some UPS customers to FedEx (nyse: FDX - news - people ).
Sub-Zero says the PRO 48 is intended for people "who aspire to a professional kitchen lifestyle, " a flight of fancy that would strike people who actually work in professional kitchens as hilarious.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union who work at the Home Office will strike for 24 hours over job cuts and other issues on Thursday - the day before the Olympics begins.
"However, due to the excellent support of those employees not engaged in the strike and my management team's hard work, we will provide a robust service for customers during the RMT's four strike days".
Workers at computer services firm Capita have voted to go on strike over job losses and work going to India.
So, too was the experience for Delta Flight 186 on July 26, which also highlights airlines' and the FAA's ongoing inefficiency in balancing delays, work rules and customer service when storms strike.
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Taxi drivers went on strike and many other people stopped work too.
Moreover, public attitudes and expectations are lagging far behind changes in women's lives in Asia, making it even harder to strike a balance between life and work.
"The result shows that a significant proportion of our staff do not wish to take strike action and would like to work with us in delivering our plans to bring the business into profit, " said Kevin Gilliland of the Post Office.
Do you believe that work comes before family, or that one must strike a balance?
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The question is, how do you strike the right balance to make telecommuting work for your organization and your employees?
We have tried to strike a balance where we think the essential work can go on.
The bulk of the work stoppages in 2010 came during a public-workers strike over higher pay demands.
Those who went on strike have protested that they will have to work longer, pay more and get less.
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