"This is the way to end the dispute," Upshaw said after a six-hour meeting with team representatives and other union leaders.

The board's 4-to-3 vote at the end of a tumultuous six-hour meeting ushered in a period of heightened uncertainty for the city's schools.

Hamrick was one of those representing the motion picture industry in speaking out against the luxury, occupational and business tax measures during a six-hour meeting.

He declined to disclose other details of decisions made at a six-hour meeting of 200 union officials today.

The action came at the conclusion of a six-hour meeting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

Mr. Sellers said discussion of the issue had taken about 20 minutes of the six-hour meeting.

On Friday, after a six-hour meeting, seven manufacturers in the Toshiba camp agreed to accept the compromise.

"I wish you could have seen it," Mr. Paterson said of the six-hour meeting.

The six-hour meeting about "Meet the Robinsons" was one such session.

Of the six-hour meeting Tuesday, the mayor said, "That was pretty good, compared to other nights."