41.   Such donations are barred by federal labor law.

42.   The alternative being pushed by federal labor officials is to make the big manufacturers and retailers responsible for insuring that labor laws are followed by subcontractors.

43.   The current collective bargaining agreement says nothing about drug testing, and federal labor law mandates that employers bargain the issue with unions.

44.   The federal labor office said the unemployment data reflected the impact of a slowdown in economic growth.

45.   The Human Rights Campaign said federal labor laws do not protect gays from discrimination based on sexual orientation.

46.   The owners severed the last threads of order just after midnight Thursday by exercising their option under federal labor law to declare an impasse and implement new economic conditions.

47.   The result, the lawsuit said, was that workers received less than the minimum wage after deductions were made, a violation of federal labor law.

48.   The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that federal labor law, which permits the use of replacement workers during a strike, takes precedence over state or local law.

49.   The workers, mostly Mexicans, say International Paper, Champion International and GP broke federal labor rules by not paying the prevailing wages.

50.   The union claimed the company violated federal labor law by refusing to hand over financial information furing contract talks.