"What the letter does is repudiate the bargaining relationship and the union's bargaining rights," Allen said.

Both decisions have had stabilizing influences on collective bargaining relationships.

Fehr added that the two sides had made strides in their collective bargaining relationship since the baseball strike of 1994-95.

"All of a sudden, you had government involved in a collective bargaining relationship that it had not engaged in before."

We aim to illuminate the nature of their dilemmas and to show how they affect the bargaining relationships with foreign investors.

For now, it is important to remember that the bargaining relationship is never static.

Just because the agreement expired does not mean there is no "collective bargaining relationship" between the parties, the judge said.

There's no question that employers are rethinking their bargaining relationships.

The bargaining relationship between the railways and the state could be expected to show different patterns in the two countries.

"We have abandoned our bargaining relationship with the owners," said Gene Upshaw, the executive director.