Conservation efforts have led to an increase in the manatee population, the commission said, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working on a rule that would reclassify the manatee from endangered to threatened.

CNN: Algae bloom kills record number of manatees

Unison said its ballot would also include a vote on working-to-rule.

BBC: Northamptonshire County Council workers in strike ballot

Karel Van Miert, a Belgian who is responsible for antitrust policy, has completed a white paper on reforms to the working of competition law, and hopes to rule on a weighty list of mergers before his term is up.

ECONOMIST: Romano Prodi, Europe��s lord-in-waiting

Industrial action could include working to rule, a ban on overtime or refusing to treat patients in places nurses consider unsuitable.

BBC: Nurses threaten industrial action

Taking into account the significant progress achieved by our negotiators, we are working on a new agreement to issue, as a general rule without unduly formalized invitations and justifications, multiple-entry visas for eligible business travelers and tourists of 36 month validity at a unified and reciprocal fee, as well as the issuance of 12-month, multiple-entry visas for official representatives of our countries.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

In Birmingham, the situation was made worse by industrial action, which led to binmen walking out on 20 December in a pay dispute and subsequently working to rule.

BBC: Councils try to tackle backlog of rubbish collections

The old rule book wasn't working, so he wrote another one on the fly.

FORBES: Magazine Article

That rule is being relaxed on wealthier families, but remains in tact for the working class who are migrating to Beijing and Shanghai in search of employment.

FORBES: Beijing Looks to New Population Controls

It says a one-rule-for-all on the number of sick days allowed each year unfairly penalises officers working in high-pressure inner city environments.

BBC: Q&A: Police reform white paper