Currently, unions are entitled to certain contact information for employees once a union election has been directed.

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Some Europeans are reconsidering even that, though the European Union this week renewed its sanctions directed at members of the junta and at the export of Burmese gems, timber and metals.

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Harsh words, including "betrayal, " were directed behind closed doors at Spanish Foreign Minister Javier Solana, representing the European Union, over France's decision to resume nuclear tests in the South Pacific.

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According to confidential European Union documents, the conditions for bank-recapitalization loans would mostly be directed to specific institutions and the financial sector.

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