1.   Party leaders have shied away from subjecting workers to the whims of the market for fear of worker unrest.

2.   A Thai labor leader predicted Thursday that violent worker unrest could spread in the wake of a factory protest that was crushed by a police baton charge.

3.   Avramovic meanwhile pointed to current worker unrest in Serbia as a sign that the country must get new loans from abroad.

4.   China keeps its state factories afloat with heavy subsidies, fearful of worker unrest.

5.   Chinese authorities, who allow only state-run unions, are increasingly worried about worker unrest as government industry slashes jobs in an attempt to become profitable.

6.   Fears that worker unrest would spiral out of control have prevented the government from taking more aggressive action to restructure bankrupt state firms.

7.   He began by calming worker unrest by having dialogues with the unions which led to the company becoming a bastion of unionism and a showcase for industrial relations.

8.   His view was echoed by a labour leader, who yesterday predicted that violent worker unrest could spread in the wake of the clash at Thai Summit Auto Parts.

9.   Previous efforts to trim the bureaucracy just made it bigger, and worker unrest already is mounting amid the shakeup of state enterprises.

10.   Sympathy strikes have been threatened at other Hyundai subsidiaries, and the government was apparently moving swiftly to prevent a recurrence of past violent nationwide worker unrest.