41.   The confederation said hospital workers and other unions will join the joint strikes next week unless the companies promise to increase wages and provide better job security.

42.   The government had been expected to open discussions in February to increase wages for officers, but the talks have not started.

43.   The government had said it would begin talks last month to increase wages for officers, but nothing has been done so far.

44.   The Nis protesters demanded that the government create work and increase their wages.

45.   The rights of workers to organize freely are not respected and labor leader Mochtar Pakpahan is in prison for fighting to increase their wages, said the institute.

46.   The unions rejected a recent government offer to increase their wages if the fire fighters would work two additional shifts.

47.   The unions rejected a recent government offer to increase their wages if the firefighters would work two additional shifts.

48.   Threatened strikes by Bosnian coal miners were narrowly averted earlier this year after the government agreed to increase wages.

49.   He said more high-end technology would be acquired to boost manufacturing while industrial wages would be increased and reliance on foreign workers would be reduced.

50.   Union leaders have demanded the government put off privatization, shorten working hours and increase wages.