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Qantas Airways said a four-hour strike planned for Tuesday by a union representing baggage handlers, ground staff and caterers will affect over 6,100 passengers due to flight cancellations and delays.

The 45,000 land-line employees who have been on strike for two weeks will return to work Tuesday, though contract negotiations are ongoing. Thousands of striking Verizon telecom workers will return to work Tuesday, though their contract dispute isn't over yet.

Tens of thousands of unionized Verizon Communications Inc. workers from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., went on strike early Sunday after they failed to agree on a new labor contract with the telecommunications company.

Proposed cuts in state-sponsored pension plans spur hundreds of thousands of teachers, police, immigration workers and others to picket for a day. The walkout could be a sign of further industrial action this summer over deep cuts in British public spending.

Talks between the union representing 4,000 workers at four New York City area Macy's Inc stores, including its Herald Square flagship, and the company could continue past the midnight deadline on Wednesday to avert a strike at Macy's for the first time since 1972.

Strikes fueled by higher prices for gasoline, diesel and kerosene spread across sections of India on Monday, disrupting rail and port traffic in some areas.

Spirit Airlines has canceled all flights through Wednesday as a result of a pilot's union strike, the airline announced Monday.

British Airways canceled more than 1,000 flights after its cabin crew launched a three-day strike Saturday, wreaking havoc on the plans of tens of thousands of passengers just before the busy spring holiday season.

British Airways and the union representing its cabin crews planned to resume talks early Friday aimed at avoiding two consecutive weekend strikes.

One thousand British Airways staff have offered to work as cabin crew if strikes at the airline go ahead.