They were
striking about a possibility, not a reality.
On the 38th day of the strike,
striking detainees suffer from weight loss, difficulty in movement, fainting, and severe pains in the articulatory system and kidneys.
The strike of January 23, 1988 during which prisoners declared a hunger strike in solidarity with
striking leaders of the Intifada.
On the 11th, however, 2,000 additional workers joined the strike, increasing the total number of
striking workers to 8,000.
Alberta's Public Service Employee Relations Act RSA 2000 c P-43 (PSERA) and its Labour Relations Code, RSA 2000 c L-1 (Code), provide limits on
striking by public service employees.
The union had devoted its funds to support
striking miners and had no money left to pay journalists.
However, the literature reports a lowering of mortality (1-3,6) or no change (4,7) when doctors strike; but a 19.4% increase in mortality during hospital
striking periods by nurses in New York, USA, between 1984 and 2004 has been reported.
Still, at hospitals experiencing strikes, the measures of treatment intensity--that is, the length of hospital stay and the number of procedures performed during the patient's stay--show no significant differences between
striking and non-striking periods.
However, Air India has sacked 15
striking employees, said a private channel report.
A federal judge recently granted the carrier's request to ban flight attendants from
striking. Sep 21, 2006