1.   A union spokeswoman said ASA management offered a revised contract proposal when mediators convened the two sides for the first time since pilots rejected a tentative agreement last winter.

2.   Canadian Airlines International Ltd. rejected the latest contract proposal from its flight attendants, an union spokeswoman said.

3.   Contract talks between Canadian Airlines International Ltd. and its flight attendants have stalled, an union spokeswoman said.

4.   Deborah Chernoff, a union spokeswoman, was less optimistic.

5.   It will be October before enough pilots are ready, said Karen McGuffey, a pilots union spokeswoman.

6.   Mary Herdoiza, a union spokeswoman, declined to comment on the subject of the teleconference.

7.   The group is scheduled to meet on Saturday but probably will not announce its decision until Monday, a union spokeswoman said.

8.   The work-to-rule slowdown means that that nothing gets done unless every rule, regulation, guideline and authorization is followed to the letter, said union spokeswoman Connie Kelliher.

9.   Tom Sever, the general secretary and treasurer of the Washington-based union, will be acting president, said Teamsters union spokeswoman Nancy Coleman.

10.   A nationwide strike by oil workers spread on its second day Thursday, shutting down operations at one refinery, a union spokeswoman said.