1.   He said the city would go to court Tuesday morning to try to stop the threatened walkout if there was no change overnight in the negotiations.

2.   In what appears to be an overwhelming defeat for U.S. Major League Baseball, their threatened walkout collapsed Tuesday when all of the umps withdrew their resignations.

3.   Negotiators for American Airlines and its flight attendants agreed on a tentative contract Saturday, just hours before President Bush planned to step in and block a threatened walkout.

4.   Rabe of Verizon said Thursday afternoon that the threatened walkout by union negotiators could give all parties greater incentive to wrap up the protracted talks.

5.   The threatened walkout of major league baseball umpires collapsed when all of the umps withdrew their resignations.

6.   US Airways was in tense negotiations Friday to try to avert a threatened walkout by flight attendants.

7.   Verizon spokesman Eric Rabe suggested Wednesday night that the threatened walkout could give all parties greater incentive to wrap up the protracted negotiations.

8.   Lee warned of heavy punishment for illegal strikers, especially for public sector workers if they joined the threatened walkouts Tuesday.