Some said their skills motivated the strike settlement.

Once so optimistic about the possibility of a quick strike settlement, Showalter sounded pessimistic yesterday.

In December, the union agreed to a strike settlement that provided no increases.

Now, they would be co-workers, even fellow union members, because of the ratification of a strike settlement last week.

Part of the strike settlement in April involved a reformed arbitration process.

Both sides decided it would make sense to waive that requirement and have a substitute date be determined in the event of a strike settlement.

The strike began in May 1936 and ended in April 1937, although the strike settlement would not be fully implemented until mid-1940.

You wind up trying to figure it all out through a strike settlement.

In addition, the recent strike settlement with building workers will produce a 16 percent increase in wages and benefits compounded over the contract's three-year term.

The prospect of a sale somehow leading to a strike settlement has also made the hours on the picket line pass a little faster.