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Management was forced into concessions to its unions in order to win labor peace, a benefit not calculated by the UAW's many critics.

Some diplomats here have predicted that the economy will crash as early as next month, forcing the army into new concessions.

Flamank conceived the idea of trying to broaden the rising; to force the monarch into concessions by mobilising wider support for the Cornishmen.

Without a credible US umbrella, European leaders would be susceptible to nuclear blackmail which could force them into major concessions.

Israel has so far rejected the idea because of fears the conference would amount to an international forum to force it into territorial concessions.

Taylor suggested that Bismarck was hoping to force Austrian leaders into concessions in Germany rather than provoke war.

Some political observers believe the Mayor has been weakened by the city scandals and may be forced into concessions he would not have made three years ago.

This general strike forced a "terrified" bourgeoisie into concessions (according to Henri Pirenne: the bourgeoisie in the Parliament).

'Pressure-Cooker Situation' Others, however, suggested that the threat of closure appeared aimed at forcing the unions - especially the drivers - into concessions.

The senior policy makers know the depth of those problems and are said to hope that standing pat will force Moscow into further unilateral concessions.