61.   Last year, AMR and union leaders reached an agreement that the union membership rejected in January, setting the stage for a brief strike last month.

62.   Nationwide, women and members of minorities are the fastest-growing segment of new union membership.

63.   Moreover, as private-sector union membership has dwindled, labor has filled the void by strengthening its political power base.

64.   Moreover, some of the battleground states have a small union membership.

65.   Nonetheless, overall union membership is still dwindling.

66.   Now union membership is way down.

67.   Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit of Turkey said over the weekend that Turkey could annex the northern third of the Mediterranean island if plans for union membership proceed.

68.   Republican leadership had been complaining for weeks that the Democratic version would unnecessarily expand the federal workforce, and with it, union membership.

69.   Rosenthal acknowledged that the union membership and support might be less important in some early states such as New Hampshire, Delaware and South Carolina.