1.   A number of industries, including construction and retailing, showed accelerating wage gains, indicating that tight labor markets were benefiting some workers.

2.   Critics say laws originally set up to benefit workers now provide an almost impenetrable shield for employers.

3.   Even if Webvan does not survive, unionization could benefit workers, he said.

4.   He urged Congress to act on his proposals, which include further tax cuts and provisions to benefit unemployed workers, both ideas that would further increase the deficit.

5.   It benefits workers to understand the concepts employers will be using to direct their human resources objectives and policies.

6.   It would be very difficult for Latin America to engage in a process of economic reform that mainly benefited unskilled workers.

7.   Maquiladoras already pay a housing tax to the Mexican government, money that, in the past, has not been used to benefit their workers.

8.   Privatization, he said, has been used by the Defense Department for years and could benefit blue-collar workers at the San Antonio Air Logistics Center at Kelly.

9.   Some argue that a bracero-style program would benefit undocumented workers.

10.   The findings might benefit other workers who face combat-like situations, including firefighters and emergency medical personnel, Vanderveen said.