11.   Juppe has angered unions by cutting business taxes and pension benefits, selling off state companies and trying to loosen rigid labor laws.

12.   That was a switch that angered unions, including air traffic controllers, and raised suspicions that Blair could change on anything.

13.   Aznar, in a speech before being sworn in last week, announced what he called a strategic privatization plan, angering unions and delighting the business sector.

14.   But the plans to slash welfare spending have angered the unions.

15.   But the latest plans to slash welfare spending, widely leaked in the press, have angered the unions, who have threatened strike action.

16.   The union had been angered by the use of subcontractors.