Another part to this initiative is mandatory arbitration: If management does not agree to a labor contract with a newly unionized unit after 120 days, an outside arbitrator can dictate the terms of the contract.

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The company's first-half profit rose only 0.5% from a year earlier, in part because of deeper losses from its contract handset-making unit.

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Merely five days after a listing flyer hit my mail box, the unit was already in contract for the full asking price.

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By repealing the mandatory good faith bargaining and exclusive representation restrictions, businesses would no longer be required to recognize majority supported unions, bargain on specific topics, and cover a complete bargaining unit with a union contract.

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He headed the unit on a three-year contract that started in August 2005.

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In June 2004, the Viacom unit announced it wouldn't renew its contract with Arbitron, sending the company's stock price plunging.

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In addition, the short-cycle businesses concentrated in the unit are more vulnerable to near-term contract delays and terminations as the government grapples with ways of reducing budget deficits.

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Mr Orsi is facing allegations that the Italian group's AgustaWestland unit used bribes in order to win the India contract for 12 helicopters in 2010.

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In 1982 Jabil went into high-tech with a contract to make add-on boards for the IBM Personal Computer unit in Boca Raton, Fla.

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