1.   Subsequent steps to placate the workers included overhauling the ventilation system and keeping the workers away from photocopiers and carbonless paper, which they also claimed made them sick.

2.   The government had hoped to placate workers and end a long tradition of labor violence by granting greater rights to unionize.

3.   The government had hoped to placate workers and end a long series of labor violence by granting greater rights to unionize.

4.   The government had hoped to placate workers by granting greater rights to unionize.

5.   Some workers were also placated by a reported government backdown on demands laid-off employees pay increased pension insurance premiums, the issue which sparked the protests.

6.   Some workers were also placated by a reported government climbdown on demands that laid-off employees pay increased pension insurance premiums, the issue which sparked the protests.