21.   The cutback effectively caps a yearlong effort to reduce employment.

22.   The company is using smarter vehicle designs and increased retirements from its aging workforce to reduce employment in its assembly plants.

23.   The merger is not expected to reduce employment in the Kansas City area or in Inver Grove Heights, Minn., the home of Cenex, the co-ops said.

24.   Spanish agriculture ministry officials say the reforms offer no incentive for production and would reduce employment.

25.   Union leaders also claim the proposals will undermine job security and not reduce employment.

26.   Union leaders claim the new measures undermine job security and will not reduce employment.

27.   Union leaders claim the proposals will undermine job security and not reduce employment.

28.   The enforcement of the proposed social clause would only make third world producers more uncompetitive and reduce employment, they say.