As for the sticking points in BART negotiations, the issues are pretty much standard boilerplate agenda items (e.g., pay raises, job security, protection of medical benefits, etc)., along with some miscellaneous safety concerns (e.g., requesting thicker glass for ticket offices in high crime areas).
Employees gave companies their loyalty -- however grudgingly -- in return for training, promotions, steady raises, job security and identity.
The teachers, who work without contracts, pensions, scheduled raises or job security, have overwhelmingly supported forming a union.
Last week, Local 751 of the machinists' union announced that 74 percent of its Boeing workers in Washington State had voted to ratify a four-year contract extension that included substantial raises, unusual job security provisions and Boeing's commitment to expand aircraft production in the Puget Sound area.
The controversy has briefly overshadowed President Obama's efforts to revive US credit markets and the wider economy and has raised doubts about the job security of the Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, amid complaints over his handling of the AIG crisis and his decision to allow payment of the bonuses.
It reflects an emerging national consensus on the importance of studying teachers' work before giving job security or raises, said Timothy Daly, president of the New Teacher Project, a nonprofit group that published a report last year calling attention to weaknesses in teacher evaluation systems.
The Terrapins lost their last seven games, raising questions about Coach Ralph Friedgen's job security.
For all of its firepower and star power, the Heat has looked shaky, raising questions about Spoelstra's job security.
But along with chatter about possible trades, their slump has again raised the issue of the job security of Manuel and his coaches.
Things had gotten so bad on the field that a few days earlier the chief operating officer, Jeff Wilpon, had flown to Atlanta to see first-hand what was going on, raising questions about Manuel's job security.
Chelsea's 2-1 win over Liverpool in the F.A. Cup final on Saturday raised more questions about the job security of the teams' managers than it answered, Rob Hughes writes from London.
