This conflict was resolved on 16 July 2007 when the union ratified a new contract.

The lockout lasted until August 1, 2011, when the union ratified a new three year collective bargaining agreement.

But only one union, the pressmen, has ratified its contract.

Last March, the union and the management ratified a new contract.

"The advertising industry has proposed a fair and lucrative contract which is in line with previous contracts the union has ratified."

The union still must ratify the deal.

All the unions ratified the plan but one: the Police Benevolent Association.

The strike ended 16 days later, when the union ratified the final offer on Tuesday, October 28.

Mr. Zuckerman received the support of the drivers' union last night when the union ratified an agreement.

The union, which had been working without a contract since the end of 1995, ratified the contract by a 4-to-1 ratio last summer.