51.   Unions had demanded a minimum-wage increase in return for agreeing to labor reforms.

52.   United Automobile Workers union demands.

53.   Tschumi said his union will demand a termination package for those that will be laid off.

54.   Unions have long demanded that developing countries accept international labor standards as part of market-opening trade agreements.

55.   A separate strike planned in Paris on Wednesday, however, was expected to disrupt bus and subway service as unions demand that more staff be hired.

56.   Although by law both management and union can seek state intervention, unions have demanded the regulation be abolished, saying it favors management.

57.   An independent journalists union on Monday demanded the release of three members arrested for publishing an unlicensed newsletter.

58.   Authorities have deployed some extra security guards on trains, but unions were demanding more protection.

59.   Both unions demanded the resignation of the regional government, which is their employer.

60.   But the government refused to fire the railroad management, as the union had demanded.