1.   His union was implacably opposed to the privatization of the company.

2.   The unions were opposed to proposals for increases in health service charges and restrictions on wage rises for public servants.

3.   The union was not opposed to devolving school budgets, he argued, but it should be to an extent decided by each local authority.

4.   Although many Landis workers oppose the union and are critical of Ms. Saumier, she has the grudging respect even of those who criticize her.

5.   ATPE and TCTA, which have no ties to national groups, see themselves as professional organizations that oppose unions.

6.   Committee heads such as Bob Watt, president and general manager of the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show, oppose a union.

7.   He warned of rising disaffection among voters towards further European integration, particularly in Germany and Britain, where a majority of voters opposed monetary union.

8.   In the heat of the debate last year, The Herald published an advertisement from a group called Who Would Have Thought Inc., which opposed civil union.

9.   Legislative Chairman Victor Callahan said he would not oppose the union.