An extended strike could cripple the country's struggling industries.

The strike, now in its fourth week, has crippled Eastern and left thousands of travelers holding worthless tickets.

The strikes, the most serious since the elections, crippled public transport in a region that houses roughly 11 percent of Poland's 37 million people.

A prolonged and controversial strike at the company after the takeover almost crippled the plant.

A general strike by Indians - who own the huge majority of shops, offices and buses - could cripple the economy.

This strike lasted a year and crippled the local economy.

The strike has crippled education for more than half a million students in the nation's second-largest school district.

A 2007 writer's strike crippled the film and television industry.

Massive political unrest, strikes and violence crippled the state throughout the next three decade after partition.

The administration said it wants to reduce the chance that another strike could cripple the legal system.