Sentence examples for request concessions from inspiring English sources

Accenture, the elite consulting firm, recommended earlier this year that the authority request concessions on existing contracts with major vendors like I.B.M. and Goodyear, a hat-in-hand attempt to cut costs as the authority stares down a $400 million budget deficit.

Mr. Cameron requested concessions meant to secure the position of Britain's financial services sector from the impact of European legislation and to ensure that the City of London would not lose out in rules that give an advantage to euro zone financial centers.

The members requested concessions such as Israel's withdrawal from the Golan Heights, which the United States rejected.

Letcher, speaking with the blessing of the administration, intimated that the United States would take the region by force if the requested concessions were not made.

DaimlerChrysler recently said it would request union concessions, but the company already has frosty union relations.

US Airways machinists had turned down the airline's original request for concessions -- a factor in US Airways' decision to seek bankruptcy.

Mr. Milton said today that the downturn of recent months obliged Air Canada to request more concessions from its unions, but that the response had been disappointing.

In his State of the State address, Mr. Rowland said state employees had been misled by union negotiators who had misconstrued his request for concessions.

AFSCME Local 207 President John Riehl, who represents 1,000 city workers has been defiant against the mayor's request for concessions.

For years she has watched as high-end sellers spurned requests for concessions.

As recently as March 2011 he noted that the Syrian leader had often responded to his requests for concessions.