61.   If that period expires without an agreement, the union will be free to strike and American will be free to impose new work rules and pay rates.

62.   If that period expires without an agreement, the union would be free to strike and management would be free to impose new work rules and pay rates.

63.   If there was no impasse, the owners could not have implemented new work rules unilaterally.

64.   In addition, Continental benefits from work rules that make it more productive than its competitors.

65.   In exchange, the company got changes in work rules that will make the airline more competitive.

66.   In his drive to impose new work rules last year, he set up a computer system short on record-keeping safeguards.

67.   In return, the union agreed to less restrictive work rules.

68.   In the current negotiations, the hotels are expected to propose benefit reductions and looser work rules.

69.   Indeed, during one recent period, the families dropped for violating the new work rules outnumbered those placed in jobs by a margin of nearly two to one.

70.   Instead he and the commission have shown how savings can be made by improving productivity, work rules and sloppy management practices.