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• NPR News Hollywood Tries To Avert An Industry-Crippling Strike Contract talks between Hollywoods actors and producers resume today as they try to avoid a strike that could cause serious television and movie production delays
  
• LaborNews Labor News Articles, AFL-CIO Boycott lists, and Labor History
  
• HRLive Layoff Update Online catalog of layoff notices grouped by date and industry.
  
• NPR News - American Airlines, Attendants Reach Deal, Avoid Walkout Flight attendants have reached a tentative settlement with American Airlines, avoiding a major airline strike. The deal came late Saturday night, just hours before President Bush threatened to use his emergency powers to block a walkout and avert travel problems over the Fourth of July holiday.
  
• Court Approves $192.5 Million Race Discimination Settlement A federal judge has given final approval to a $192.5 Million settlement in a class action race discimination lawsuit against the Coca Cola company.
  
• CNN.com - Strike paralyses Greek transport Transport was disrupted throughout Greece on Thursday as thousands of workers walked out in protest at labour reforms.
  
• CNN.com - Travel - Pilots' strike grounds Comair flights - March 26, 2001 Comair passengers awaited word on the fate of future Comair flights after 1,400 pilots walked off the job early Monday.
  
• Circuit City Stores v. Adams US Supreme Court approves the use of mandatory arbitration in employment agreements.
  
• Clark County School District v. Breeden Ruled an isolated incident in which the employee's supervisor made an off color comment, is not harassment and that a causal connection between the occurrence of protected activity and an unfavorable employment action by must demonstrate temporal proximity.
  
• Tension May Increase at Pickets Pickets at the Massachusetts Rte. 126 auto distribution center could grow more tense today as a growing band of Teamsters is expected to protest a new GM contract that put union haulers out of work.