Although no one was made redundant involuntarily, in 2006 the fire-brigade union called a strike.
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The new state law, passed in 1995 over the objections of almost every Democratic state legislator, came with an 18-month no-strike clause and made it easier to fire bad or burned-out teachers.
But Bale won a free kick on the edge of the box and Ramsey stepped forward to fire in a curling, right-footed strike.
Fire crews in Essex have begun a 24-hour strike as talks aimed at halting the action continued.
The strike comes after days of tension, which began with the fire-bomb attack on the mosque on Friday.
Yoshito Okubo was guilty of a bad miss early on before Tamada showed his strike partner the way, sliding in to fire home a right-wing cross from Makoto Hasebe in the 21st minute.
The week-long fighting in Qusair intensified early on Saturday, when activists reported heavy bombardments, including two ground-to-ground missiles and an air strike as well as artillery and rocket fire.
More than 750 firefighters and support personnel were working in Oregon and Nevada to corral the 418, 235-acre Holloway Fire, the largest of the Western wildfires ignited by a lightning strike on August 5.
"If President Obama wants to visit the region peacefully, he should exert pressure on Israel to release the prisoners -- especially the ones who are on hunger strike -- or else he will visit while Palestine is on fire, " Minister of Prisoner Affairs Issa Qaraqe said.
"If President Obama wants to visit the region peacefully, he should exert pressure on Israel to release the prisoners -- especially the ones who are on hunger strike -- or else he will visit while Palestine is on fire, " Palestinian Minister of Prisoner Affairs Issa Qaraqe said.
The other Kim also let go of a third of his 17, 200 staff - and is looking to fire 280 more people, despite threats of a workers' strike.
In recent days, the North has threatened a nuclear strike on the U.S. and said it was scuttling the cease-fire on the Korean Peninsula.
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