111.   Johnson held a news conference when contract talks with the Jets bogged down.

112.   Last October, the workers who maintain tracks, bridges and electrical systems threatened to strike after contract talks that had dragged on for three years.

113.   Last week, mechanics, ramp workers and reservation agents at United Airlines resumed long-stalemated contract talks.

114.   Last week, without explanation, Schoenfeld withdrew from his leading role in contract talks with the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers.

115.   Local contract talks began last summer and negotiators are trying to resolve disagreements about hiring new workers, the company and union said.

116.   Local contract talks, which began last June, continue this week, union and company officials said.

117.   Local contract talks started in July at Fort Wayne, and the union had extended terms of the previous pact, which expired in September.

118.   Lockheed in recent years has shifted work that used to be done in Marietta to subcontractors elsewhere, making outsourcing a hot-button issue in the contract talks.

119.   McDonnell Douglas Corp. and its machinists union are at an impasse in contract talks, with union members approving a strike that could start a week from tomorrow.

120.   McIlvaine has not yet had the chance to speak with Harnisch, but he has spoken to his agent and is hopeful that contract talks could begin almost immediately.