31.   Critics said the bill also weakens anti-discrimination provisions protecting legal workers and deletes enhanced penalties against employers who hire illegal immigrants.

32.   Democrats vowed to offer amendments to protect American workers when the full Senate takes up the bill in April.

33.   Democrats offered a number of amendments to the bill they said would protect workers against employer abuse.

34.   Dole said he supported free trade, but faulted Clinton for not enforcing provisions in the agreements designed to protect American workers.

35.   Democrats favored some government intervention, like the proposed cap, to protect workers from poor investment decisions, as well as from corporate coercion.

36.   Earlier, the administration and the Republican majority in Congress torpedoed new ergonomics rules designed to protect workers from repetitive stress injury.

37.   Education no longer protects workers from being cast out.

38.   Federal civil rights law protects workers against retaliation for testifying against their employers in federal court, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday.

39.   For example, the two sides are squabbling over arcane federal rules to protect workers from repetitive motion injuries, a battle that pits labor unions against business groups.

40.   For whatever reason, OSHA has been quicker to protect workers in general industry -- manufacturing, retail, services -- than those in construction.