21.   Chesterfield is trying to prove the unions are engaging in what is known as a secondary boycott, an unfair labor practice under the federal Taft-Hartley Act.

22.   Criticism focuses on recommendations that use local wage and hour laws, in countries where factories are located, as the standard for fair labor practices in the industry.

23.   Employers already are barred from replacing workers who strike over unfair labor practices.

24.   European labor practices do not help.

25.   Feinstein, the person said, told the owners that their implementation would otherwise be considered an unfair labor practice under the National Labor Relations Act.

26.   For the first time in years, the agency has been going into court regularly to seek injunctions against companies engaging in unfair labor practices.

27.   Formally known as the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation, it was not intended to judge or punish companies for their labor practices.

28.   French Labor Minister Jacques Barrot emphasized that the challenge ahead for European countries will be persuading people of the need for change in labor practices.

29.   He successfully campaigned to improve the labor practices in neighborhood factories.

30.   However, employees covered by such a provision can nevertheless strike if the employer has committed unfair labor practices.