71.   Unions oppose the proposal because it would allow companies to lay off workers and increase work hours more easily.

72.   Unions vehemently oppose the provision and have mobilized huge resources to block it.

73.   Union president Johar Sulaiman was quoted as saying in The Sun daily that the union would oppose any move to retrench workers without adequate compensation.

74.   Unions also oppose raising campaign contribution limits.

75.   Unions oppose the new labor bill because it would allow companies to lay off workers and increase work hours more easily.

76.   Unions have consistently opposed the changes, including extension of shopping hours on weekday evenings and Saturdays.

77.   He would also suspend a committee appointed to look into the question of pensions which the unions opposed.

78.   Another union official, Milan Nikolic, said the union opposed a general strike since many of its members had not been working for years.

79.   The unions oppose a law calling for the creation of a judiciary committee to supervise union elections and which could eventually allow the government to control union elections.

80.   The unions oppose a management plan to change working hours to bring in longer shifts, earlier starts and later finishing times.