81.  A union spokesman was not available for comment.

82.  A union spokesman and two plain clothes policemen were heading out to the ferry Anholt, lying three nautical miles off Greenaa, to speak with the hijacker.

83.  A union spokesman said Wednesday morning that the union was trying to clarify whether the airline was prepared to go to the conciliation service to negotiate.

84.  A union spokesman threatened strong industrial action if managements failed to resolve the problem amicably.

85.  A vote by IG Metall union members to end the strike could occur as early as Thursday, said Joerg Barczynski, a union spokesman.

86.  ALPA plans to tell pilots that disobeying the order could lead to a contempt citation, which often carries financial penalties, union spokesman Andy Deane said.

87.  Apart from stopping deliveries, groups of about five miners staged underground protests in the coal mines, union spokesman Adam Jawor said in a telephone interview.

88.  As of Thursday, no meeting had been scheduled between the two main negotiators, union spokesman Steve McAllister said.

89.  But a union spokesman, Niels Stueben, said Thursday night that the union decided against an extension.

90.  But as many as half the workers were denied entry to the Talara refinery because they were told they had been fired, a union spokesman said.