21.   The bank strike was one of several labor conflicts brewing in the country.

22.   The government can order binding arbitration if a labor conflict threatens national interests, including health care.

23.   The labor conflict has hit construction projects and shipyards as well as installation and repair of electrical equipment.

24.   The Gretzky stars are to play six games in Scandanavia -- unless the NHL labor conflict is solved in the next two weeks.

25.   The strike in Marseille is the last major unresolved labor conflict since a series of strikes by public service employees paralyzed France in late November and December.

26.   The Uruguayan teams has been going through internal problems due to a labor conflict involving several players.

27.   This June, voters spurned the conservatives, who had been badly hurt by incumbent Prime Minister Alain Juppe, a polished technocrat whose style aggravated labor conflicts.

28.   Clinton acted to halt the earlier strike call under provisions of a law authorizing him to intervene in a labor conflict that threatens to trigger a national emergency.

29.   The president acted to halt the strike under provisions of a law authorizing him to intervene in a labor conflict that threatens to trigger a national emergency.

30.   The worsening labor conflicts in France have refueled the controversy about a possible delay of one or two years in implementing the single currency.