11.   In the past, some contract settlements have come just before the deadlines.

12.   It is even possible that a scheduled binding arbitration could spur contract settlements.

13.   Keating, a man of integrity, refused and resigned, after working out a contract settlement.

14.   Mechanics had voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract settlement proposed by a White House-appointed panel.

15.   News of the coal contract settlement came after the close of trading on the stock exchange.

16.   Nonetheless, reaching a fair contract settlement, in contrast to busting a national union, would reflect a growing mutual respect between organized labor and big business.

17.   Nor does the new contract settlement between Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers union pose a major inflation threat.

18.   Orr said he and his wife plan to visit the Baylor campus Tuesday and expect to have discussed a contract settlement with Iowa State officials by then.

19.   The council has to approve any contract settlement before union members vote.

20.   The four-week walkout came to an end in late June when a contract settlement was reached.