11. Jones conceived the trip to pressure the company into settling the racial discrimination lawsuit quickly. 12. Kantor said he did not pressure the company. 13. Others have used their muscle as large institutional shareholders to pressure companies involved in these products or activities. 14. Still, pressuring food companies could be effective. 15. These would be accompanied by the threat of a labor-led campaign to pressure the company through demonstrations, boycotts or other tactics. 16. Threat of injunction is a powerful bargaining chip for unions seeking to pressure companies into signing contracts. 17. UPS officials played down the likelihood of a walkout, saying unions often use such votes to pressure companies during contract negotiations. 18. Workers began the hunger strike to pressure the company into giving more. 19. Other extortionists pressure companies for payments in exchange for keeping racketeers outside their group quiet at such meetings. 20. It also asked the German government to pressure companies like Siemens and IG-Farben to compensate survivors of Nazi terror. |