41.   But Schroeder has rejected an American-style labor market with its greater freedom to fire workers.

42.   But Schroeder has rejected a U.S.-style labor market with its greater freedom to fire workers.

43.   Employers, meanwhile, want to make it easier to fire workers.

44.   Ip said the rise could force barge operators to fire workers.

45.   Labor unions complain that the recently enacted labor laws make it easier for employers to fire workers.

46.   Last month Italy saw its first general strike in two decades, after the government said it would push for law to make it easier to fire workers.

47.   Maria Sanchez, a Mexican immigrant and hotel cleaning woman in Salinas, told the crowd her employer tried to fire workers who formed a union.

48.   Most of the destroyed homes were of elderly people, said fire rescue worker Mark Francesconi.

49.   Nigel Crisp, chief executive of the beleaguered NHS, said he would conduct random checks of patient records and lists and fire workers who falsified medical information.

50.   Private sector employees object to government plans to make it easier for employers to fire workers and reduce benefits.