This effect is attributed to inefficiencies in the bargaining process.
"The company undermined the bargaining process by unilaterally offering an allowance to rock-drill operators outside the bargaining process," he said.
So yesterday Mr. Bloomberg tried an unspoken threat of sorts to jumpstart the bargaining process.
"The bargaining process is likely to continue after Easter," they said.
The Canadian version, however, allowed for a greater degree of public intervention in the bargaining process.
The degree of centralization in the bargaining process and the functions performed by collective agreements vary.
There should be more "decentralization in the bargaining process" and "wage restraint in the public sector".
It has been substantially weakened, by most accounts, by the infighting that has dragged out the bargaining process.
"Through the bargaining process, we were able to get through this and provide some stability," he said.
As one negotiator said, the clubs made the proposal to try to keep the bargaining process moving.
Mr. Matthews said, "We are naturally dismayed that the U.F.T. has chosen a highly visible public arena and their considerable political influence to pressure the bargaining process".
