A government negotiator said the two sides had met several times.
There is no guarantee that government negotiators would do better.
He was a principal Government negotiators, in the peace talks of 2002-2004.
Industry lawyers presented an offer that the Government negotiators couldn't accept.
But government negotiators, who have been meeting here all week, are deadlocked.
Government negotiators have proposed that the cease-fire be extended until the end of June.
The nine boys who threatened suicide said they would wait 24 hours while government negotiators met with them and the other protesters.
Government negotiators said one bodyguard was killed and eight others wounded, along with a large number of civilians.
The strike by 2,600 workers at the gas company was suspended after government negotiators promised to consider their demands.
It took so long to organize because of various political disagreements amongst the government negotiators.