They have raised questions about their pay, bargaining units and working conditions.

The main test is the level of union membership in the bargaining unit.

"We gave increases to players who are no longer in the bargaining unit," he said.

Union officials said 1,000 other workers hired since March 21 will be part of the bargaining unit.

"We built no longer act as the collective bargaining unit for the players," he said.

About half of the 250 workers represented by the bargaining unit since returned to work.

The main fight between Toyota and the union will be over the size of the bargaining unit.

"What about the bargaining unit employees who have many years of experience?

"No matter what you say, principals should not be in a collective bargaining unit."

This may be because they do not belong to the bargaining unit for which the trade union is recognised.

"This union might be the most successful bargaining unit in labor history.

"We see the struggle with this hospital as having implications far beyond the immediate bargaining unit."

In both cases, 30 percent of the bargaining unit has to sign cards requesting a vote.

"They would have known that 250 members of the bargaining unit would walk out."

They walked out in June after talks failed to produce their first contract as a new union bargaining unit.

The league is the bargaining unit for the hospitals.

"These things depend on the specific contract in force and the long-term goals of the bargaining unit."

All of the local's bargaining units have been without contracts since Oct. 1.

A barnyard bargaining unit demands better living conditions - in writing.

Employees represented by the union's six bargaining units voted on the contract yesterday.

At least 10 per cent of the workers in the proposed bargaining unit must belong to the union making the application.

It is important that the parties are clear as to which workers are included in the bargaining unit.

The union, he said, still has had to win majority support in each bargaining unit, within 60 days of officially beginning organizing campaigns.

It became the bargaining unit representing faculty in 1973.

However, the bargaining unit could be a small portion of a large company, where no other employees are members of a union.