31.   The two sides are also deeply divided over such side issues as how far to relax immigration laws and whether to tighten regulation of workplace safety.

32.   Those employees would now be subject to bias protection, workplace safety, the family and medical leave law and minimum wage, among others.

33.   Thousands of workplace safety, wage and hour, and pension benefit inspections and investigations have been canceled or postponed.

34.   When it comes to the environment, workplace safety, public health and child welfare, they say, less regulation means less protection, not better results.

35.   Yet the agencies, apparently relying on the auto industry to police itself, have done nothing in recent years to warn workers or check on workplace safety.

36.   Another exception would be granted for gathering information to study workplace safety.

37.   Bush has asked Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to devise a cheaper way of addressing workplace safety.

38.   Faulty construction and workplace safety are serious problems in Thailand.