1.   Get a free hand to change work rules.

2.   If that can be accomplished with work rules the employees prefer, so much the better.

3.   Also, general counsel Fred Feinstein is expected to seek a preliminary injunction to restore the old work rules in the meantime.

4.   Also included was a longer document with details of the new work rules.

5.   American, however, imposed new work rules and pay scales two days after that cooling-off period expired.

6.   Among the work rules the company sought to change were how flight attendants are scheduled and how much paid sick leave they can take.

7.   America West mechanics, tired of longer schedules and changing work rules, have begun a third union drive in as many years.

8.   And he stresses that he is not calling for a return to the days of Draconian work rules and the endless repetition of the same few, simple tasks.

9.   And restrictive work rules have raised costs and discouraged investment.

10.   And the unions, with a greater stake in corporate profits, are suddenly far more flexible about work rules.