Since the code of conduct was ratified, the union has conducted nine drives at other hospitals without igniting the passions that this one has, the union said.
The defeat also came the same week that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo wrung major concessions from New York's largest public employees' union, in a deal that appeared even less generous than Connecticut's, and that also must be ratified by union members.
It still needs to be ratified by union members and approved by the Magnolia Board of Education.
The Estates of Brittany, meeting in Vannes in 1532, ratified the union of the duchy with the French crown.
Company officials at Safeway said those replacement workers will remain on standby until the agreement is ratified by union members.
The new agreement was ratified by union members on Monday and covers a five and a half year term, through April 30 , 2004
The G.M. and Delphi contracts follow the same economic pattern as agreements ratified by union members at Ford, Chrysler and another supplier, the Visteon Corporation.
Abdulrahman al-Attiyah, the council's secretary general, has said that a third council member, Qatar, had already ratified the union plan although Qatari officials have declined to comment.
The changes, if ratified by union members, would bring Detroit's labor costs more in line with Japanese carmakers operating in the U.S., the carmakers said.
The deal, which must be ratified by union members, could cut GM's retiree healthcare costs by about $15 billion, and its current employee healthcare costs by about $3 billion annually.
All the agreements still must be ratified by union members.
