Throughout the nation's history, the White House and members of Congress have been striking such deals.
(Some 1,700 members of Council 6 did not strike today; they are state prison guards, forbidden by law to do so.)
Its members struck after Hormel imposed a 23 percent wage cut that officials said was necessary to remain competitive.
A member of the staff had struck Grant's 11-year old son when he was taking down a dressing room sign.
Northwest said that it planned to resume talks with the mechanics' union whose members struck the airline Aug. 20.
The union made the housing provision a central part of its demands and said members would strike if the fund was not included in the final settlement.
Given the union's realization of the city's fiscal straits, it had long seemed unlikely that its members would strike.
Officials of the railroad's police union announced moments later that their members would also strike, and the railroad halted operations.
Upon the last words of, "You keep me spinnin' around" at the song's close, the members jump in the air and strike a mid-air pose.
The members also struck me as dogmatic, a little too eager to bring me into line doctrinally.