However, the creation of individual unions within each company was made possible, but work conditions differed from one another.

"So much time was consumed by the individual unions involved in these disputes that it often left little for anything else."

Specific pay cuts and other contract changes were left up to the individual unions.

"The task has gotten beyond what any individual union can do."

Until now, the individual unions had agreed to stay neutral.

The giant union will create economic weapons that the individual unions, operating alone, would not carry.

Specific pay cuts and other contract changes were left up to the individual unions, whose members together hold about 55 percent of the company's stock.

Talks with individual unions are to begin in the near future.

The members of the individual unions would still have to ratify such concessions.

"To do that, we have to build not just strong individual unions but a strong nationwide movement."