21.   After attempting to persuade other workers to unionize the company, however, that worker was fired within several days.

22.   Allied said it has fired workers, reduced stock and reviewed its supply chain, which should arrest the rapid profit decline during the second half of the year.

23.   Business groups are pressuring Wilson to veto the bill, which would prevent companies from firing older workers just to profit from hiring younger, lower-paid employees.

24.   But one former worker complained that department heads were forced to fire workers across the board, regardless of their performance.

25.   But Williams already has displayed his mettle with the control board, doing what Barry never could, including firing city workers.

26.   Creating a federal work force of screeners, conservatives argue, would lead to less flexibility, especially in firing bad workers.

27.   Detroit Newspapers has vowed not to fire replacement workers and said today it will hire strikers as job openings occur.

28.   Domestic violence, in addition, would become grounds for employers to suspend or fire workers, or to take away vacation benefits.

29.   Economists say they expect unemployment to rise further next year as protracted slow sales of homes, automobiles and other big-ticket items force companies to fire workers.

30.   Employers fired workers after reading their medical histories.