1.   A spokesman said that throughout the negotiations, Mineta spoke frequently to both sides, the White House and the mediation board.

2.   But the mediation board told Bush there was virtually no chance of an agreement, and recommended that he empanel an emergency Board if the Northwest mechanics struck.

3.   But the union let that deadline pass, and American notified the mediation board that it was changing its acceptance of arbitration to rejection.

4.   Duggan said that the mediation board is aware of holiday schedules and wants to be sure that if there are strikes the public suffers the least harm.

5.   If the parties do not want to continue negotiations, the mediation board could direct both sides to continue talking or begin arbitration.

6.   In August, the mediation board ruled that the four American Eagle airlines constitute a single carrier in terms of labor relations.

7.   In a ruling this week, the mediation board concluded ballot secrecy was compromised through an Internet site that encouraged AMFA supporters to submit signed copies of their ballots.

8.   It recently asked the mediation board to declare an impasse, which would start the countdown to another potential strike.

9.   It would allow the union to have its labor disputes decided by a state panel rather than by the city mediations board.

10.   Mediation boards.