Sentence examples for days of bargaining from inspiring English sources
The announcement came one week after two days of bargaining ended in failure.
AFTER two days of bargaining and grandstanding, Europe's leaders could not agree on their next seven-year budget on November 23rd.
The 2004-5 lockout, which wiped out a season, was not settled until the two sides set the stage with more than 30 days of bargaining in May and June.
The umpires, who have been on strike since the start of the minor league season April 6, reached a tentative agreement last Thursday after two days of bargaining assisted by a federal mediator.
With five days of bargaining scheduled, trade officials are still deadlocked on several core issues -- farm trade, antidumping rules and textiles -- that top the agenda for the poorest countries and split the industrialized nations.
The 1994-95 lockout was settled after 11 straight days of bargaining, although Bettman and the union leader at the time, Bob Goodenow, did not personally take part until the last three days, according to a recently published biography of Bettman by the Canadian business writer Jonathon Gatehouse.
"The days of bargain-basement communications are almost over," says Mr Willis.
The chief beneficiaries will be former monopoly operators in Europe and the "Baby Bell" regional operators in America, plus a handful of other carriers, including AT&T, Equant, Cable & Wireless and Infonet".The days of bargain-basement communications are almost over"These firms are seen as relatively safe bets by large companies, and can therefore charge premium rates.
The announcement of the extension came after a day of bargaining that had seemed to promise an end to the long standoff between the unions and the transit system.
N.H.L. and players union negotiators met in Manhattan on Sunday for a third straight day of bargaining, but no talks were held on the economic issues at the core of the lockout, now in its third week.
Last July, people on both sides said if the talks had continued, a few more days of hard bargaining could have produced a deal to be announced at the All-Star Game.
