In the UK hundreds of oil refinery workers mounted wildcat strikes last month over the use of foreign workers.
When workers mounted a stepladder to hang a "Newt 2012″ banner behind the podium, the giddy crowd broke into "Newt!
After the lecturers had suspended their action, low-paid administrative and clerical workers mounted their own strike.
As fast food workers mounted protests across the country, the industry spokesman urged them to abandon their "reckless quest for human status" at once.
The walkout, scheduled for September 30, follows widespread disruption on July 10 to councils, schools and fire services when more than a million public sector workers mounted strike action.
McCarthy was the only major Democrat on the New Hampshire ballot, but, shortly before the March 12 voting, Democratic regulars, alarmed by the effectiveness of McCarthy's legion of young amateur campaign workers, mounted a desperate write-in campaign for the president.
In Parker's pen factory, a coffee cart made the rounds each afternoon bearing hard rolls and cheese; at Christmas, G.M. workers mounted a food drive from the factory floor, bagging groceries with assembly-line efficiency.
In May, it took the winner of the Big Game -- the precursor of Mega Millions -- two weeks to come forward, and during that time a group of nursing home workers mounted a public battle over the $58.9 million jackpot, mistakenly believing that a co-worker held the winning ticket.
A day earlier, hundreds of jobless workers mounted a violent protest, attacking police vehicles near Hong Kong, and five days ago, top Chinese officials warned in Beijing that the economy was still deteriorating and that dissent and threats to social stability would be crushed.
On each measurement day, a researcher planned to measure two workers, first mounting the inclinometers for full-shift measurement and then following each worker with a video camera for half a day.
