11.   While the number of new jobs is hard to measure, the count of lost jobs can be gauged by looking at the government program to assist displaced workers.

12.   OWWA chief Wilhelm Soriano said that his agency was ready to assist the workers when they come home.

13.   A massive campaign to assist emergency workers was later mounted by local volunteers.

14.   Air Force troops were called in to assist rescue workers, who worked through the night with iron cutters to free victims trapped inside.

15.   After swiftly convicting three democracy campaigners, Chinese authorities will put on trial Sunday a labor rights activist who tried to set up a group to assist unemployed workers.

16.   In the hardest-hit areas in northwest Pakistan the army had been deployed to assist rescue workers.

17.   The army has been deployed to assist rescue workers in the hardest-hit areas.

18.   Zainal added the MTUC would also propose that the Government initiate a special insurance scheme to assist workers affected by retrenchment and to ensure they would be adequately compensated.

19.   Masako Atsumi, a lawyer assisting woman workers, said the insurance would help improve the working environment and increase awareness on harassment.