81.  A megamerger of the autoworkers, steelworkers and machinist unions will to be announced tomorrow, according to two union officials familiar with the talks.

82.  A Machinists union official in Kansas City agreed.

83.  A police union official, Sgt. Bernard Pound, the president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said he agreed.

84.  A union official agreed.

85.  A union official also said the huge differences in penalties between prefectures were unacceptable.

86.  A union official in Connecticut, Dominic Copreato, went to prison last year for stealing from a union fund.

87.  A union official may be paid separately as president of a local, president of a citywide joint council and board member of the parent union.

88.  A union official said the cancellation damped hopes that a settlement was near, as union members and others believed was the case earlier in the week.

89.  A union official who declined to speak for attribution, said the players association was not happy about the most recent development.

90.  A state employees union official said Jones had used a racially charged word, which Jones denied.