11.   Some companies feared layoffs if they had to merge operations.

12.   The deal was opposed by the workers who feared layoffs.

13.   The unions called the strike at midnight Monday, fearing massive layoffs.

14.   The unions called the strike on Monday midnight, fearing massive layoffs.

15.   The workers were angered by plans to privatize the port because they fear massive layoffs.

16.   They fear mass layoffs under foreign ownership.

17.   They fear mass layoffs under foreign ownership, and have demanded that their firm be nationalized and run by the government.

18.   Unions in France and Germany have been critical of the merger, fearing layoffs.

19.   Union leaders fear layoffs under GTE control.

20.   Union leaders fear mass layoffs.