So far, it is clear that the union has built unparalleled European prosperity and achieved a degree of financial integration.

In the end, the best the miners' union could achieve was redundancy payments averaging around $2,480.

Harry Katz, a professor of labor relations at Cornell, expressed more skepticism about how much the union achieved.

The union, with 4,500 members, has achieved some benefits found nowhere else in the country.

The union also achieved a form of the closed shop.

The union has achieved an annual increase in organizing gains every year since, with 2008 marking a record-breaking year.

The union achieved that goal through a highly unusual twist.

Once the union and bondholders achieve their full stakes, the government's share would drop to 55 percent.

Under the conditions imposed by these laws, the unions typically achieve pay increases that significantly exceed the inflation rate.

The Mayor and the unions have achieved significant accomplishments in the last 18 months.