21. Many workers at factories for US companies complain about the lack of labor rights and livable wages. 22. Member governments of the WTO are not likely to adopt a convention on labor rights, because low-wage countries oppose it. 23. More worried are many of the Christian social activists, the proliferation of groups involved in issues from bad housing conditions to labor rights and free expression. 24. Pascal Lamy,trade commissioner for the European Union, said he opposed a proposal by labor unions to allow WTO trade sanctions against countries that violate labor rights. 25. Renewing the pressure on Indonesia over labor rights could help it find its way again. 26. Several questioners spoke for labor rights in Guatemala. 27. The bill includes language that supporters say breaks new ground on incorporating traditionally Democratic concerns about labor rights and the environment into trade agreements. 28. The conference ended after delegates could not even agree on whether to discuss issues that have divided them, most notably agricultural subsidies and labor rights in developing countries. 29. The federation said the fund should provide money to nations only if they allow basic human rights and labor rights. 30. The Labor Department did recommend that the Mexican, Canadian and U.S. governments hold some general, lower-level meetings on labor rights. |
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