GM, Chrysler and the union have been talking about labor-cost reductions and other concessions required under the government's loan terms.

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Detroit's car companies point, correctly, to the cost cuts, labor concessions and other stringent measures that they've enacted in recent years.

WSJ: The Auto Makers Are Already Bankrupt

America's big airlines, faced with the threat from low-cost competition, have extracted concessions from unions through Chapter 11 bankruptcy procedures.

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Mr. CHAISON: There's a very well organized and militant movement within the United Auto Workers, and particularly the Delphi locals, to not accept any more concessions no matter what the cost will be.

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Tickets are available for purchase on the official site and cost 30 real, or 15 real for concessions.

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The cost, in terms of last-minute concessions to bring over the Bundesrat's supposedly neutral block, is not much more than the extra DM6 billion in tax revenue likely to come from faster-than- expected growth this year.

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The concessions are awarded to the bidding firm that can do the work at the lowest cost to the end user.

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Citing production delays and cost overruns, and threatening new laws and fines to protect the wilderness, the Kazakh government has extracted critical concessions from Western companies developing the field.

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Since 2000, around 100, 000 airline employees have gone, and carriers have secured billions of dollars in cost savings using Chapter 11 bankruptcy or the threat of it to persuade workers to make concessions.

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