31.   It is too soon to predict how Siegel will approach labor issues, but two former bosses said he has proven to be skilled in employee relations.

32.   It was Carty, for example, who made a presentation about the labor issues to analysts at a meeting last November.

33.   It would not be the first time a labor issue came back to bite Red Sox Nation.

34.   Kennedy and other Democrats argue that the minimum wage increase, in addition to being a family issue and a labor issue, is a civil rights issue.

35.   Kerry said he spoke only abstractly about labor issues.

36.   Labor leaders said she was too cozy with big business because she was part-owner of a company that did consulting work on labor issues for large corporations.

37.   Lucchino went to work for Major League Baseball on labor issues.

38.   Miguel Contreras, executive secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, also has signaled his intent to be active in the race in pushing labor issues.

39.   Mullin said labor issues contributed to two-thirds of the revenue shortfall with the souring economy responsible for the rest.

40.   Negotiations with GM, which faces the thorniest labor issues, are especially sensitive.