That, and the union's constant complaints about non-economic issues like disciplinary procedures, suggests that this is a situation where gestures of good will by management might go a long way.
The two sides will meet again on Monday in Los Angeles to discuss non-economic issues.
He has also led campaigns against Hormel & Company, American Airlines, the International Paper Company and others, often focusing on environmental, health and other non-economic issues.
Agreement was reached once more on almost all economic and non-economic issues except for the union shop.
But with the revenue split and system issues taking so much time, there was little opportunity to change the non-economic issues.
Political analysts noted that Bush's problems were compounded by the absence of non-economic issues to be set against the recession.
"Blinded by the Right" shows that the same logic applies to non-economic issues.
The two sides discussed non-economic issues relating to player conduct, including discipline and adding marijuana and performance-enhancing drugs to the list of banned substances.
But on some non-economic issues, he has a knack of identifying and querying the assumptions on which members of his own party, but also many Democrats, base their policy recommendations.
State aid reform has to be shaped to deliver not only on growth, innovation and employment, but also on a wide range of primarily non-economic issues.