11.   Barely a decade ago, labor contracts in the U.S. aerospace industry looked like drops of water in a Seattle rainstorm.

12.   Boeing recently negotiated a new labor contract with its machinists and Condit was credited with playing a key role.

13.   Both sides have battled bitterly for more than a year on terms of a new labor contract.

14.   Boeing Co. negotiators and leaders of its striking machinists union reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year labor contract, the union said.

15.   A labor contract generally goes a step further than an award by establishing a relationship between a company and a union.

16.   A potential lockout or strike also looms when the current labor contract expires after the World Series.

17.   A tentative labor contract between General Electric Co. and its manufacturing workers illustrates the point.

18.   Administrators say graduate student unionization could hurt their institutions, asserting that one-size-fits-all labor contracts will create rigidity.

19.   After all, the auto business lives with unappetizingly slim profit margins, troops of retirees to help support, costly labor contracts and frenzied competition from overseas.

20.   After spending almost the past three seasons alienating fans by bickering over a labor contract, Major League Baseball unveiled its plan to bring people back to the game.