1.   The program results from a contract settlement negotiated last year between the automaker and the United Auto Workers union.

2.   Assessing the financial cost and other impacts for Verizon of the contract settlement with its unions.

3.   Barring a contract settlement with the real officials, the league would employ these scab officials for the start of the regular season.

4.   A few weeks back the city of Phoenix reached a contract settlement with bus drivers.

5.   But for management, delaying a contract settlement can be a benefit because issues like retroactivity for pay increases are negotiated, not mandatory, aviation specialists said.

6.   Delta Air Lines and its pilots reached a tentative contract settlement one week before a strike deadline.

7.   Futures contract settlement contributed to the heavy trading.

8.   General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative contract settlement early Saturday at two Michigan transmission plants, avoiding a potentially costly strike.

9.   GM and the UAW reached a tentative three-year national contract settlement early Saturday.

10.   In addition, the department wants to scrap an old policy of automatically boosting the prevailing wage anytime there is an increase in union contract settlements.