51.   The guild sent out contract proposals to tracks last week, guild national manager John Giovanni said, and has received three counter-offers.

52.   The owners, whose publicly funded park was a rousing success, made all the right PR moves with management shakeups, giant contract proposals and dramatic cross-country meetings.

53.   The panel would also be able to circumvent union leadership and send its contract proposals directly to union members for a vote.

54.   The meeting was convened by an Ontario government mediator who has been given detailed contract proposals by the union.

55.   The president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO also denounced the contract proposal.

56.   The Rockies also gave different contract proposals for four and five years at a lesser annual rate.

57.   The Rangers have made multiyear contract proposals to both but remain far apart in the negotiations.

58.   The union yesterday submitted a detailed contract proposal addressing wages, pensions, contracting out of work and vacation bonuses.

59.   Then Jim McIlvaine had the temerity to accept a ridiculous contract proposal, and everything changed.

60.   This is particularly so this month, with the Delta pilots voting on a contract proposal and other labor uncertainties at American and United Airlines.