1.   But the government has seen to it that little is done to protect the rural newcomers from labor abuses when they reach the Pearl.

2.   In December, the Saipan garment makers adopted a voluntary set of rules to prevent labor abuses.

3.   It allows outsiders to enter its factories to look for labor abuses.

4.   Local officials, when asked about labor abuses, typically offer a mixture of denial, apology and insistence that things have improved.

5.   Other reports by the Labor Department that have criticized labor abuses in Mexico have aroused increasing irritation here.

6.   One former manager testified for the plaintiffs that labor abuses were common and that if company officials said otherwise, they were lying.

7.   The Buchanan campaign, with its attacks on global free trade, is fading away, but public fears about possible trade and labor abuses continue to grow.

8.   The company has long been under fire for alleged labor abuses in its overseas plants.

9.   The National Labor Relations Board also has filed two complaints about labor abuses in Saipan that are now pending in administrative law courts.

10.   The politicians honor these so-called community leaders despite the fact some have criminal records or have been found guilty of labor abuses.