1.   The CGT was far and away the most powerful union federation.

2.   Accusing the government of cutting social services, the Histadrut union federation, dominated by the opposition Labor party, demanded a say in economic policy-making.

3.   For women in labor, achie STORY IN ving diversity in a union federation dominated by males will require dynamic new leadership and, perhaps, more proactive measures.

4.   His Labor Party recently lost control of two important power bases, the Histadrut union federation and Jerusalem City Hall.

5.   In addition to functioning as a union federation today, the Histadrut provides health services and runs a publishing house and sports clubs.

6.   The union federation has pounded freshman GOP House members in TV spots.

7.   The survey will be distributed to women at work, in homes, at conferences and in informal gatherings, the union federation says.

8.   A press union federation accused the government of President Kim Dae-jung on Friday of trying to control the news media despite his promise of democratic reforms.

9.   And the AFL-CIO union federation has come out in support of the war effort.

10.   Police arrested Jan Sithole, secretary general of the union federation, and three others on Friday and Saturday in a bid to prevent the strike.