The workers staged a brief walkout Dec. 2 and the two sides agreed to a two-week cooling-off period before resuming negotiations this week.

A City of Many Villages City and school officials have been trying for months to conclude contracts with teachers, who staged a brief walkout several weeks ago, and other city employees.

Rivera then orchestrated a series of brief walkouts that demonstrated the union's muscle without overtiring its members.

At one point, one of the parties staged a brief walkout.

Mr. Kunz said he left "to step back and let things calm down" after a brief walkout by some members of the hotel staff on Oct 23.

The officials refused to give details but the referees could potentially do anything from arriving late for games to staging a brief walkout while action was taking place on the field.

This was one of the most difficult issues to settle and precipitated a brief Mexican walkout on Thusday.

The brief walkout fell far short of a preview of a confrontation looming later this month: a citywide strike, most likely on April 24, by 6,000 drivers who transport 150,000 elementary pupils and handicapped children.

Union members of Daewoo Motor Sales, the subsidiary responsible for selling Daewoo cars in Korea, staged a brief walkout and threatened a strike to protest layoffs and restructuring.

Classes returned to normal today at the C. W. Post campus of Long Island University as faculty members ended a brief walkout, but the dispute over a new contract continued.