61.   With a fourth round of wage negotiations set to begin here Tuesday, the union was urging peopn employers.

62.   It calls for drastic budget cuts and sets strict limits on wage negotiations.

63.   Japanese business leaders disagree over whether wage increases would be too expensive or would help to boost economic recovery just seven weeks before they enter annual wage negotiations.

64.   Political observers say the government may face an uncontrolled labor unrest if the standoff continues until March, when annual spring wage negotiations start.

65.   The federation will push for longer working hours or salary cuts in the next round of wage negotiations due to start in the autumn.

66.   The market was also awaiting the outcome of wage negotiations in South Africa between the Chamber of Mines and the national union of mineworkers.

67.   The newspaper also noted that the higher yen would inevitably affect wage negotiations and employment plans this year.