41.   After labor talks stalled in mid-December, President Carlos Menem attempted to enact a new labor law by decree.

42.   After talks an changes to labor laws broke down late last year, Menem tried to introduce most of the changes by decree in December.

43.   Afterward, he kept up his practice in labor law in Baltimore.

44.   Afterward he specialized in labor law, representing both unions and management.

45.   All you have to do is disregard the issues, events and labor laws involved.

46.   But declawing big labor has no doubt been a major goal of many business leaders, who have steadily pushed for labor law more favorable to employers.

47.   But he quickly turned serious, calling for policies to help unions organize and punish companies that violate labor laws.

48.   But Neil Bernstein, who teaches labor law at Washington University in St. Louis, said that such employees could be fired under the National Labor Relations Act.

49.   But one of the first principles of sports labor law is that the less thinkable a stoppage seems, the more likely it is to occur.

50.   But some companies use shameful tactics to thwart protections built into labor laws.