1.   Board seat or no, he said, the union can extract job security assurances and pay boosts when the new contract language is negotiated.

2.   A ratification election is expected in September after contract language is agreed upon and union members are briefed.

3.   But insurers who use such contract language deny that the clauses actually prohibit doctors from discussing coverage and financial incentives matters with patients.

4.   For a simple reason, however, the votes are unlikely to make severance payments less common or contract language less narrow.

5.   Giuliani also said that the removal of the contract language barring the city from turning over routes to private companies would also serve as an added incentive to workers.

6.   Halling argued that the clauses are standard contract language, and in effect were allowed by Congress when it passed the act.

7.   Having agreed years earlier to narrow contract language, many boards locked themselves into giving these large severance packages to their chief executives.

8.   In return, union sources say GM agreed to contract language that could lead to more local jobs and improved safety and health of workers.

9.   In response to its report, the Inspector General said the tourism bureau amended its contract language to restrict advance payments for media expenses.

10.   Instead, advances and retreats are often measured in handfuls of jobs or in contract language that gives one side or the other a little more room to maneuver.