While political demonstrations are still dealt with harshly, the government's approach to labor protests has been to negotiate, offering raises and back pay to get workers off the street.
The Mets are trying to sign the 43-year-old reliever John Franco to a one-year contract, and they will continue negotiating after offering him arbitration.
As the stagehands' strike on Broadway entered its third day yesterday, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and senior members of his administration continued to reach out privately to the producers and stagehands, urging them to negotiate and offering the use of Gracie Mansion and a mediator.
My firm recently negotiated an offering with a major investment bank that gave us double the return on the S&P 500 Index for 15 months with a maximum return of 16.75% (with no dividends).
Rather, the regulation simply makes illegal the prior, common practices of offering negotiated discounts at the settlement table.
As the Kosovo crisis grew more severe in recent weeks, Washington first tried to encourage a negotiated solution by offering Serbia relief from economic sanctions.
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have begun to send signals that they are interested in a negotiated settlement, potentially offering an opening for the West and the Afghan government, several Western officials said.
Recognising that resistance under such conditions against an overwhelming force was futile, Lambert negotiated with Hamelin, offering to surrender Île de la Passe if Iphigenia and the men on the island were given permission to sail to Île Bourbon unmolested.
It's easy to say, "Well, just keep negotiating and keep offering more and more and more and more".
Every few seconds he looked back to make sure I could negotiate the rocks, offering his arm.
