In reaching a settlement with General Motors on Thursday and in recent agreements with several other industrial behemoths -- Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Goodyear and Verizon -- unions have shown a new willingness to rein in their demands.
Mr. Hargrove did not fully escape the concept of lower wages for new hires, which he rejected after it was introduced in recent agreements between the United Automobile Workers union and carmakers in the United States.
The actors' unions have not yet opened negotiations; but the road map for digital media compensation laid out in recent agreements with both writers and directors raised the prospect that similar solutions could work with actors.
What's more, they note that several other unions, including the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, had accepted 2% annual raises in recent agreements.
In another recent agreement, over the weekend, officials in the semiautonomous Kurdish region in the north confirmed Exxon had signed a contract to explore for oil there.
And in August, FWS declared this several-inch-long swimmer, which is included in the recent agreement, endangered along with four other local fish species.
He headed a committee representing fire chiefs from the region in the recent agreement with Metro to add a fire slot into the ROCC.
But he said leaders were now determined to improve economic relations, something he said was highlighted in a recent agreement with Bangladesh.
Afghan officials had initially protested that, in contradiction of recent agreements, they had not been made aware of the raids.
Foreign diplomats and other experts reacted cautiously to today's moves, warning of the many failures in the past and ambiguities in the recent agreements.
