The union was faced with the necessity of making wage concessions while not wanting to give too much away.

But it has not sought wage concessions from those still at the company.

I would hope that if the unions are expected to make wage concessions, that management is willing to do the same.

The pilots have proposed wage concessions as part of their financing plan.

It recently gave up its effort to negotiate wage concessions totaling $500 million a year.

Continental Airlines, which has won wage concessions from workers, will add 725 attendants this year and 400 in the first half of 2006.

The union members walked off the job when their previous contract, which also included wage concessions, expired.

Labor unions have typically been making wage concessions as companies downsize.

In the process, he has reduced the number of city employees by a quarter, won wage concessions and increased productivity.

If the deal is approved, it will mean tax advantages and wage concessions that can make the company more competitive, particularly in the long run.