21.   Speaking shortly after meeting with President Kim, Lee said his group will call on its members to go on strike in late May to protest widespread layoffs.

22.   Striking workers at Hyundai Motors Co. returned to work Thursday, pulling out of a nationwide strike begun two days ago to protest increasing layoffs.

23.   Tens of thousands of auto, shipbuilding and other metal workers walked off their jobs Tuesday, joining in a nationwide strike called to protest spreading layoffs.

24.   The latest bad news in South Korea was a decision by Hyundai Motors Co. workers to stage a two-day strike beginning Wednesday to protest company layoffs.

25.   The latest bad news was a decision by Hyundai Motors Co. workers to stage a two-day strike beginning Wednesday to protest company layoffs.

26.   The labor minister was one of the key mediators at Hyundai, where workers halted operations for more than a month to protest proposed layoffs.

27.   The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, of which Hyundai is a member, plans to organize a nationwide strike next Wednesday to protest growing layoffs.

28.   The militant Korean Confederation of Trade Unions called a two-day national strike to protest layoffs.

29.   The May Day rally was called to protest widespread layoffs.

30.   The three unions at financially troubled Philippine Airlines threatened Friday to call a joint strike to protest massive layoffs.