11.   Although Mexico has tougher labor laws than the United States, U.S. organizers say that enforcement is lax, with the leading unions captive to Mexican government.

12.   And under US labor law, employers of nannies or household workers must pay Social Security taxes.

13.   And there is the possibility that contraction violates U.S. labor laws.

14.   Argentine President Carlos Menem will send Congress a proposal to modernize labor laws, ending six months of government moderated talks between labor unions and business leaders.

15.   Argentine stocks fell to a seven-day low amid investor concern the government will delay the reform of archaic labor laws until after congressional elections in October.

16.   Another change, requiring Congress to abide by federal labor laws, passed the House last year, when it was still controlled by Democrats.

17.   Applying the fair labor law may also set precedents that make it easier for labor leaders to organize recipients into unions.

18.   Argentine government efforts to modernize labor laws that business leaders say will save them millions of dollars each year have hit a snag.

19.   Argentine stocks rose as President Carlos Menem met leaders of his Peronist Party to rally support for government plans to increase taxes and reform labor laws.

20.   Argentina must change its labor laws if the country is to achieve a faster rate of economic growth, a World Bank economist said.