81.  Selig hinged his response on players pushing the union leadership for change.

82.  Sixteen players, many non-stars, faxed a sharply worded message Wednesday to the membership urging that it reject any deal reached by union leadership.

83.  Stanley and two other agents held a conference call with reporters while players participated on a different conference call with union leadership.

84.  The moves at the company that makes locks for vehicles produced by Chrysler, General Motors and Ford came despite a recommendation from union leadership to endorse the pact.

85.  The union leadership was so upset that it declared a few weeks ago that it regretted endorsing Democratic Gov. Gary Locke last fall.

86.  Union leadership elections had been planned for March but they were canceled because the military would not release funds for the conference.

87.  Van Rooyen was one of the few non-whites in the union leadership.

88.  He said the final decision on a referendum would be made on Thursday by the union leadership.

89.  But miners in the Rostov region decided to continue the strike, saying the union leadership had not consulted them before announcing the decision.

90.  But miners in the southern Russian region of Rostov-on-Don decided to continue the strike, saying the union leadership had not consulted them before announcing the decision.