The Republicans point out that union leaders wield the power without accountability that Americans despise.
Yet the health care cost increases remained a sticking point for the union.
"This is going to be a trigger point, " said Union Square managing partner Fred Wilson of the Coinbase investment.
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Union leaders point to low pay, spiralling housing costs and intense job insecurity as the corrosive cocktail which led their members to opt overwhelmingly for industrial action.
They point to the European Union's decision to impose compulsory testing on all shipments of long grain rice from the US, after commercial supplies were found to be contaminated with GM strains.
One sticking point has been non-union tours, which are cheaper to produce but do not offer protection to performers.
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Mr. SHAIKEN: From the union's point of view, they know GM's in trouble.
Just so much was flooding out of the CIS (the ex-Soviet Union by this point) that that price had collapsed.
Supporters of the Union need only point up potential problems, identify pitfalls.
And yes, you can point - as the Welsh union representing teachers and lecturers has done - to "pretty savvy" youngsters who these days more than ever weigh up the qualification versus the debt.
Some point to the 350, 000 Union troops who died in the war that ended slavery, and ask what compensation their descendants are owed.
There is also increasing talk that Greece will at some point make an exit from the European Union.
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Like Poland and Hungary, the Czech Republic is a jumping-off point for illegal immigration into the European Union.
They point to Greece's blocking of Union recognition for Macedonia as an example of the mess the need for unanimity can make.
Industry watchers often point to the 2010 United-Continental union as an example, during which passenger experience suffered when reservations and frequent flier accounts were lost during the computer system integration.
Agriculture subsidies by the U.S. and the European Union were a major sticking point in the Doha discussions for developing countries, who say their farmers cannot compete with subsidized goods.
The point is to force businesses to recognize a union whether the workers support it or not.
Europe is on a tipping point with rooftop solar, according to the Union of Bank of Switzerland.
That has been a major sticking point in agreeing the new contract between the Union and its professional regions, represented by Regional Rugby Wales.
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On one point Mr Kok was very clear: The European Union should not try to emulate the US economy.
General secretary of the National Union of Teachers said there was no point "pontificating" about the benefits of music if it was not funded properly.
So it is with extreme reluctance that Charlemagne has concluded that, when it comes to the most divisive issue left in the draft European Union constitution, both sides have a point.
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The BBC's political correspondent Robin Brant said this was a strong message about what the PM saw as the limits of ever-closer union with Mr Cameron referring at one point to "we sceptics".
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Although none of these schemes is likely to come to anything, they all help to distract attention from the central point: Russia agreed to take on the Soviet Union's liabilities in return for acquiring its assets.
The MLBPA, the players' union, isn't commenting at this point, according to a spokesman.
Officials also point to nearly 10, 000 soldiers under the European Union flag who are on operations from Kosovo to Congo.
On the following page, the last president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, makes a similar point and speaks of her "real human warmth".
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