1.   The union is seeking urgent talks with management on this matter.

2.   Although the union seeks a wage increase, neither side will discuss the size of the demand.

3.   Among other things, the unions are seeking the right to automatically sign up employees of Verizon Wireless, a subsidiary, without going through the union election process.

4.   And the police union is seeking a wider investigation to include other criminal justice departments.

5.   Assuming the union and company settle without a strike, the union would then seek to use the terms of the Ford agreement on Chrysler and GM.

6.   Besides, some employers say, the union is seeking to defy market forces with its wage demands.

7.   Businesses have cut costs by pushing older, better-paid workers to retire early, and unions have sought early-retirement incentives.

8.   But the largest independent federal employees union is seeking a court injunction to prohibit the government from requiring their members to work without pay.

9.   But this is the first time the union has sought to negotiate a global set of labor standards, covering every country in which a corporation operates.

10.   Congress completely rejected very few of his ideas -- most visibly those sought by unions, environmentalists or gays.