When language (in the agreement) requires local labor, we want to make sure our guys have the opportunity.

Our labor agreement was one that the membership overwhelmingly ratified, and it turned out to be a pretty decent labor agreement. We gained wages, gained benefits — pensions were status quo — and we redesigned and restructured the workforce to be more efficient, as we have all across the industry.

The four-week suspension was for just cause. Additionally, there was no inherent violation of the labor agreement in the club's decision to pay Owens but not practice or play him due to the nature of the player's conduct and its destructive and continuing threat to the team.

A collective bargaining agreement is not the only way a labor movement can represent workers.

seize this opportunity to achieve an interim settlement agreement in Kosovo.

This agreement represents more than an opportunity to offer our popular beverages to visitors. Going beyond refreshment, Coca-Cola and Paramount Parks will engage visitors in product sampling and innovative regional marketing alliances.