The union wants a longer-term assurance, but the company, which is in the midst of productivity improvements that are expected to be completed by 1997, hasn't been willing to budge on this point.
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It's also assumed that the tax breaks that do so much to help working-couple families will be made permanent, thereby allowing these households long-term assurance they'll be able to divert more income to nest egg building and college education funds.
