Title I also includes the pension funding and vesting rules described above.

American has since canceled the bonuses but the pension funding remains in place.

Northwest and some other airlines want 20 years to catch up to pension funding.

The union also said it would use $200 million in excess pension funding.

The larger issues, including a system of free agency, drug testing and pension funding, were discussed.

The result is that in most countries, few people are even aware of the looming gap in pension funding.

"We have finally put pension funding on the right track," Mr. Reich said.

G.M.'s level of pension funding would have been 91 percent instead of 75 percent.

Polls indicate that more and more Americans are worried about job security, health care costs and pension funding.

In 1973, there was a 9 day strike over the right to turn down overtime, pension funding, and health and safety measures.