During the five-month strike, many of The News's workers were jobless and the future of the paper was in limbo.

Columbia officials said yesterday that they hoped their labor problems would be shorter and less disruptive than Barnard's five-month strike.

Deadline at Caterpillar After a five-month strike, the construction equipment company has told workers to report to work this morning or be replaced.

Caterpillar workers returned to their jobs, bitter and frustrated that their five-month strike brought them nothing.

The company, which had a five-month strike in 1992, reported a loss for all of 1992 of $2.43 billion.

For instance, during the five-month strike that ended in March, the paper's presses were operated by about half the number of people now operating them.

The five-month strike by 9,000 movie and television writers is officially over.

First came a bitter five-month strike, which destroyed circulation and advertising.

A five-month postal strike also led to deep anger amongst people all over the country.

In 1937, film production at Fleischer's studio was affected by a five-month strike, which kept his cartoons off theater screens through the rest of the year.