Charged with settling labor / management disputes in exchange for a no-strike agreement, the NWLB arbitrated disputes across major industries.

He threatened to hire permanent replacements unless Legal Aid accepted a contract with an 18-percent cut in spending, more productivity and a no-strike agreement from its lawyers' union.

The N.H.L.'s union offered to play the season under a no-lockout, no-strike agreement, but a major condition was the return of the league's Aug. 1 takeaways, including salary arbitration.

Also, wages are relatively low, and Japanese companies have won no-strike agreements from many unions.

The no-lockout, no-strike agreement is significant for Oakley.

The Four L required its members to sign a loyalty oath to the United States and no-strike agreements.

"We are playing the 1994-95 season, through and including the finals," Stern announced, with lawyerly precision, proudly describing the "no-lockout, no-strike agreement."

The action comes at the end of a no-lockout, no-strike agreement under which the owners and players conducted the 1994-95 season.

Britain's unions are deeply divided about whether to accept single-union deals and no-strike agreements, which have become more common in this country, particularly at Japanese-owned plants.

The head of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local No. 7, Jim Taylor, refused to sign a no-strike agreement for the convention.