They have been working without a contract for almost three years.

They had been working without a contract for the past year.

The union has been without a contract since May 1996.

The teachers have been without a contract for 16 months.

The union has been working without a contract for nearly two years.

The city's 80,000 teachers have been working without a contract for 18 months.

They had been without a contract since the end of 2003.

At the end of the season he found himself without a contract.

Those workers have been without a contract for nearly three years.

The hospital police have been without a contract since the end of 1999.