1.   Going into bargaining talks, Teamster president Ron Carey last week tried to put himself on the side of working people everywhere.

2.   Meanwhile, officials report no progress in bargaining talks.

3.   Meanwhile, U.S. and Japanese negotiators met in Geneva for the first day of last-ditch bargaining talks in the dispute.

4.   Players Association executive director Charles Grantham has said the union will not participate in bargaining talks until the appeals process has run its course.

5.   The next scheduled bargaining talks will probably be held on Thursday in Manhattan.

6.   With the law recently changed to allow federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty, it is widely assumed that the issue would figure in any bargaining talks.

7.   If it were up to Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington, he would cancel the season should the players not give any more ground in the bargaining talks.

8.   No new bargaining talks are scheduled.

9.   The move is expected to shut down bargaining talks, leaving the government with the option of legislating the changes it wants.