Those issues will go to a mediation board if no agreement is reached within a year.

The mediation board agreed and ordered still another vote, the one that was held last month.

He returned to the state labor agency for a year, then was appointed to the mediation board.

The mediation board plans to meet on Wednesday morning in Washington.

The mediation board concluded in October that the union had a strong case but deferred its investigation until after the election.

Mr. Wallace said the mediation board would be available "to provide any assistance it can."

He said the union would continue working for a new contract under the auspices of the Mediation Board.

The mediation board could always end the union's stalling game by declaring an impasse.

The ballots were counted yesterday by the mediation board.

The mediation board, which governs bargaining in the industry, declared an impasse last month.