But the strike has given rise to an on-line news-gathering competition between management and labor.

The strike may give a small lift to other carriers, which have not yet reported their fourth-quarter earnings.

Even so, the strike gave the Brotherhood added visibility that led to increased membership.

But many catalogue executives said that the strike had given them a new view of the Postal Service.

The strike gave others hope that they could get their concerns out by word of mouth.

After about a year Polly was ready for a break, and the miners' strike in 1984 gave her the opportunity to move on.

The miners' strike (1984-1985) gave Andy the opportunity to devote his time to climbing.

All was not lost on that dark summer day when baseball stopped, because overnight the strike gave birth to a novel journalism.

"Unfortunately I do not see how a strike will give us any more money or enable us to increase wages," he said.

We've bombed the area before, because we suspected that there might be a city there, so another strike will not give us away.