Most employer groups negotiated 12-month rates for 1998 early last year and are planning now for 1999.
The division manages travel and negotiates special rates for its clients.
Time's plan also enables it to bypass the industry's problem of negotiating rates off the rate card.
Nothing in this plan would prevent trade unions negotiating higher rates of pay than these target levels.
That said, they really don't seem too interested in negotiating better rates, so they're hardly blameless.
Don't be afraid to negotiate rates and terms, particularly for larger loans.
What we could do is negotiate rates with hotel rooms.
He has called for the creation of consumer pools that could negotiate affordable rates on medical plans.
The company is currently negotiating rates and commissions for flights to Asia.
Systems with several hospitals and treatment centers have greater leverage in negotiating favorable rates.