The unions maintain that is not the same as a negotiated contract, giving them the right to walk out.

Under his leadership, membership rose to 80,000 as the union maintained close ties with other black institutions, organizations and businesses.

The union has long maintained that the department uses illegal quotas to force officers to write a certain number of tickets.

The unions and the human rights groups, on the other hand, maintain that such a wage is often too meager to support a family.

The union has maintained it had no part in causing the fire.

Commercial services allow the union to maintain a level of independence from the parent institution.

The unions maintain that there has been no deliberate effort to scare the dealers.

They also said that their union had maintained a strong, consistent leadership for two decades.

The union maintains that without the viable threat of being able to leave, a player has a weak bargaining position.

The union maintains that the company is obligated to continue the payments under agreements reached 39 years ago.