His father retired as the regional labor counsel in San Bruno, Calif., for the Postal Service.

"Labor work especially is specialized, and it's hard to find good labor counsel in small towns," he said.

Her father is the labor counsel at Dow Jones & Company in New York.

Her father retired as the general labor counsel in Philadelphia for what was then Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania.

Her father is the labor counsel for the United Technologies Corporation, the aerospace manufacturing company in Hartford.

Jerold Glassman, the chief labor counsel for Imperial Delivery, also applauded the agreement.

After working for the labor board, Mr. Brooks joined Texaco in 1948 as its labor counsel.

He also served as special labor counsel to the City and participated for twenty years in negotiations representing municipal employees.

Rona himself was a union lawyer in the late 1960's before he became labor counsel for baseball management.

On September 13, Frank Coonelly, chief labor counsel for Major League Baseball, was introduced as the team's new president.