While the company was hoping to get out of those arrangements, in recent weeks, it has been negotiating with union representatives to continue contributing but with some limitations.

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There are indications that the Brotherhood is aware of its limitations, which has forced it to mellow considerably, sacrificing some of its ideological purity at the altar of political pragmatism.

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