11.   Employers are allowed to hire permanent replacements for striking workers.

12.   Fire officials said it would not be difficult to hire replacements from the several thousand candidates who have passed the firefighter test.

13.   Gartner has announced his intention to step down as chief executive, but will remain in the job until a replacement is hired.

14.   However, as an aside, it noted that it was not illegal for companies to hire replacements.

15.   If they had continued and attempted to hire a replacement for interim general manager Dave Wallace during the season, it would have been a fruitless endeavor.

16.   It also says it will hire more replacements if it has to.

17.   It also allows them to hire replacement of striking workers and enables companies to keep full-time union officials off their payrolls.

18.   Last year, the House passed a blanket ban against allowing companies to hire permanent replacements for striking workers.

19.   Meanwhile, Street is threatening to hire permanent replacements if the Teamsters continue to strike.

20.   Nor did it urge such pro-labor steps as eliminating the ban on company unions or prohibiting companies from hiring permanent replacements during a strike.