81.   Unions are demanding salary increases, the suspension of privatization plans of some government industries, and an end to prosecution of labor leaders.

82.   Last month, this mine and several others belonging to the Gold Fields group were paralysed by strikes, with workers demanding an increase in pay.

83.   Militant unions have demanded double-digit increases.

84.   Ministry officials think Japan has good reason to demand the increase in light of the fact that the European economy is recovering, the daily said.

85.   Tens of thousands of workers, including employees at Beirut port, began an open-ended strike Thursday to demand increases in pay and social benefits.

86.   The Dockworkers Union of Nigeria began an indefinite strike Thursday to demand an increase in wages and allowances, the Daily Times reported Friday.

87.   The Education Workers Confederation is demanding increases in government education funding and the resignation of Interior Minister Carlos Corach.

88.   The latter have been locked in tense negotiations with management for several months and are demanding salary increases and calling for a renewal of union agreements.