Unions facing contract negotiations had warned of possible labor unrest.
Several, like Philadelphia, are also facing contract negotiations with their musicians.
It also has pension problems and is facing contract talks with its unions.
But with roughly 300,000 workers in fields from film to schools facing contract renewals by this summer, union officials here say no such agreement will be forthcoming, at least until the negotiations at the arena are resolved.
And if that were not enough, the worst police corruption scandal in decades erupted in ugly headlines that sent the city's public officials into a kind of collective meltdown, and unions facing contract negotiations warned of possible labor unrest.
"We're on track for the year, even though we continue to face contract delays we are controlling our costs, managing our assets and maintaining our market share," he said.
All of which heightens the drama around a film that comes as the New Line's co-chairmen, Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne, face contract renewals late next year with the studio's parent, Time Warner.
M.L.S. Donovan Faces Contract Issue Freddy Adu may be the face and the feet of Major League Soccer's future, but Landon Donovan remains the league's face of today, especially after having won the championship with the San Jose Earthquakes in two of the last three seasons.
Put it out of its misery," I think, unaware I've said the words aloud until I see Sadie's face contract in horror and disgust, shouting, "NO!!! Don't KILL it!!!" The foxhole mate who will not see.
Near the end of his life, Duvalier faced a contracting economy, withdrawal of most U.S. aid, and a decline in tourism; in response he relaxed some of the severe repression and terror that had characterized his early regime.
When a player is facing surgery, contract negotiations do not exactly heat up.
