1.   Another five have signalled that the job security provisions are not sufficient, the sources said.

2.   At his urging, Cortines has recommended that the expiring bus contracts be put up for competitive bidding without the job security provision.

3.   But many labor contracts contain such requirements, known as union security provisions, and the lower courts are split on their validity.

4.   Congress is considering comprehensive bioterrorism legislation that includes stepped-up food safety and agricultural security provisions.

5.   Department officials said that if they had not been able to strike a deal, they would have asked the Navy requisition the reactors under national security provisions.

6.   Even if it were, they said, it would be defensible on any number of fronts, like security provisions in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

7.   Goettle and Brooks said pensions and job security provisions are better under the new proposal.

8.   His union, citing safety and job loss fears, opposes the Conrail acquisition, while other unions, having negotiated job security provisions, support it.

9.   In addition to the pay raise and bonus, the pact offers better job security provisions and improves pensions and the cost-of-living formula.

10.   In the last few days, however, the mayor has appeared to soften his stance against the job security provision.