21.   Lewis Nickerson, president of Comcare Canada Ltd., said Friday that all through the bargaining process the company agreed the employees should be getting higher wages.

22.   Rumore called for a change in the bargaining process to avoid such disputes in the future.

23.   Such a move would undoubtedly set back the bargaining process and keep the players on strike indefinitely.

24.   The unions said the contracts gave the workers higher wages but denied unions a place in the bargaining process.