31.   The Louvre was closed to the public on Monday when guards and reception and information staff joined a strike by workshop personnel that began last week.

32.   The state-run Yonhap News Agency quoted Kwon as saying subway and telecommunications workers will instantly join the strikes if he and other labor leaders are arrested.

33.   This may be the busiest time of year, but that did not prevent the managers of Centro Sambil, a posh mall here, from joining the strike.

34.   While the company and union officials issued conflicting statements on whether production was affected, concern grew that non-union workers would join the strike.

35.   Ortiz said she would be joining the strike.

36.   Others said they feared losing their jobs if they joined the strike.

37.   Private-sector employees have refused to join the strike despite union calls urging them aboard.

38.   Pleas for private-sector workers to join the strike have been ignored.

39.   Pleas for private-sector workers to join the strike went largely ignored.

40.   A union representing white collar workers, SKTF, has threatened to join the strike.