31.   It said that thousands of workers at the Kassel and Salzgitter plants would down tools for an hour shortly after midnight Monday.

32.   Metal workers downed tools Wednesday as independent trade unionists for the first time backed swelling opposition protests against the regime of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.

33.   Metalworkers at eight factories in Serbia downed tools Wednesday, lending their support to more than three weeks of anti-government protests.

34.   Output at this plant, which is in Manitoba, has been shut down since early last week, when workers downed tools in protest at a salary dispute.

35.   She blamed the government workers, who downed their tools pressing for higher pay and better conditions, for not having bargaining abilities.

36.   Some parts of Hong Kong enjoyed a few moments of unaccustomed silence, as building site workers briefly downed tools as a mark of respect.

37.   The civil servants nearly paralysed the country earlier this month when they downed their tools for ten days demanding salary increases backdated to April.

38.   The doctors and other medical personnel in government hospitals throughout Uganda downed tools last week demanding higher wages and better working conditions.

39.   The junior doctors and other medical personnel downed their tools on Tuesday in demand for increased pay and allowances, as well as for payment of outstanding back pay.