11.   Every federal appeals court to consider the question has decided that multi-employer bargaining units should have immunity from antitrust suits, the NFL says.

12.   If all seven bargaining units do not agree, none will receive that portion of the deal, the offers state.

13.   Last week, a group of flight attendants announced it formed a bargaining unit intended to replace the Machinists.

14.   Last year, the workers voted to be represented by the teamsters, but the Dolphin is appealing the certification of the bargaining unit.

15.   Mark Barber, president of the Civil Service Employees Association bargaining unit for jail guards, said the five guards had exemplary records.

16.   Neither group is represented collectively by either bargaining unit.

17.   New umpires would be represented by the same bargaining unit, the Major League Umpires Association.

18.   Slavkin said no agreements have yet been reached with other bargaining units.

19.   The act bars employers from creating in-house unions or organizations that might attempt to take the place of a bargaining unit.

20.   The contracts of nine bargaining units also come up for renegotiation next year.