Strikes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Teachers walked off their jobs Thursday in a one-day strike over staff and funding levels in Puerto Rican schools, giving students an unplanned day off barely three weeks into the new academic year.
JOHANNESBURG - A newborn died Thursday as he was being rushed from a rural government clinic shut down by South Africa's civil service strike, an example of the costs of a strike that has hit hospitals, schools and courts across the country.
