Tennis's business turmoil will continue, perhaps with a work stoppage, as some players have hinted at.
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On the eve of a work stoppage, Hollywood would be wise to listen to Jeff Zucker.
It marks the second time that NBA games were cancelled due to a work stoppage.
More recently, the ongoing work stoppage forced the cancellation of the Golden Globes, another high-profile award show.
There was none of the national rapture that occurred when the NFL ended its own work stoppage.
After the 2004-2005 lockout, both sides understand how harmful a work stoppage would be to the game.
Those numbers go a long way toward justifying why team owners forced a work stoppage last season.
And with a work stoppage looming over the NFL, most marketing plans are on hold right now anyway.
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The biggest question will be, if the NHL goes into another work stoppage, will it kill the sport.
Even a healthy regime has trouble surviving a national work stoppage, and the Mubarak regime was anything but healthy.
For these reasons, all day and night shift inspectors carried out a work stoppage today that paralyzed the production lines.
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But the work stoppage, which began Monday morning after marathon negotiations broke down, is fraught with risks for both sides.
Obviously, there are millions if not billions of dollars at stake, and a work stoppage can turns fans away from the game.
Meanwhile, Indian Railways is trying to capitalise on the work stoppage.
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Negotiations have gone on for two years and if they're not settled by March 3, the NFL will suffer a work stoppage.
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The work stoppage is the fourth in 20 years for the NHL. A previous union dispute saw the entire 2004-2005 season cancelled.
Though the Hollywood work stoppage ended in February, it disrupted the development and production process of home-grown scripts for the upcoming TV season.
Even Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan has joined the fray, and recently commissioned a study assessing the possible impact of a work stoppage.
The work stoppage was extended again to Nov.15 and on Wednesday Freeport declared force majeure on shipments of concentrates according to news reports.
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The last writers' strike in 1988 resulted in a 22-week work stoppage that not only delayed the TV season, but also crippled the industry.
There hasn't been a work stoppage since 1987, and both sides have at least one important incentive to reach an agreement after next season.
The NHL, its teams and players have work to do to win people back after the third work stoppage in less than two decades.
The pact will allow GE to avoid a work stoppage, which is the norm as work strikes and other job actions have never been rarer.
Factory management turned a deaf ear to complaints about these conflicts and took no corrective measures, resulting in a work stoppage by quality control inspectors.
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And, as in China and India, instability, as seen in the recent, violent work stoppage of 26, 000 workers at platinum mines, could further hurt growth.
The second major trend may be a stampede to college football by NFL coaches including coordinators and position coaches to avoid a work stoppage and corresponding pay interruption.
For Japanese automakers and parts suppliers, this has been a summer of discontent, beginning with a work stoppage on May 17 at a Honda parts factory in southern China.
The last time the entertainment industry experienced a major strike was in 1988, when a bitter five-month work stoppage not only delayed the television season but also crippled the industry.
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.
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