31.   The leaders also expressed confidence that they would prevail in their attempt to get a new union to represent all of the umpires.

32.   The Machinists union represents a wide range of employees at Boeing, including airplane builders, clerks, nurses and inspectors.

33.   The same union represents workers at California refineries operated by Tosco and Unocal.

34.   The strike was expected after talks between the company and unions representing the workers collapsed last week.

35.   The suit claims the salary cap and draft are illegal because the previous labor contract expired and the union no longer represents a majority of the players.

36.   The union no longer represents workers there, and the crimes the men are accused of took place before the reorganization.

37.   The union represents a cross-section of workers, including border guards, astronauts and white-collar employees in the Social Security Administration.

38.   The union represents workers at United Parcel Service who must sort hundreds of boxes an hour using repetitive motions.

39.   The union also represents home-care workers, pharmacists and social workers.

40.   The union represents a broad array of engineers and technical workers with varying levels of training, though those workers are not required to join the union.