31.   Kennedy argued the employment-based provisions would help American workers, who he said are being squeezed by corporate downsizing and stagnant wages.

32.   Leedham asserts that Hoffa has cronies who care more about lining their own pockets than helping workers.

33.   Like others in the group, Clark-Johnson stressed that employers need to quickly develop policies to help their workers.

34.   Most often, the creation of jobs in low-wage countries helps workers in those countries, though at possible threat to high-paid workers elsewhere.

35.   Near-full employment also helps workers who have been shut out of the labor market.

36.   Ms. Crossan said the hospital employees association was collecting money from donors to help the workers and asking stores to contribute baby formula and other staples.

37.   Ms. Perna of Resorts Casino Hotel said that the casinos contract with companies to provide employee assistance programs to help workers with personal problems.

38.   Norie Yamamoto is a consultant at American Business Creation in Manhattan, which helps place workers in Japanese restaurants in the United States.

39.   Neumark praised living-wage laws for focusing more narrowly on helping poor workers than minimum-wage laws do.

40.   Not only is the robust economy helping workers but it is shrinking the federal deficit.