The carrier, which is awaiting government approval of its acquisition of U . S . Airways, has separate labor talks pending with its ramp workers, customer service employees and flight attendants, who have been carrying out informational picketing.
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All the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association had to do was threaten some informational picketing in order to make unlikely allies of a Democratic mayor, a Republican governor, and the Democratic attorney general who hopes to unseat him in the next election.
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The union frequently calls on its members to collectively demonstrate their support for the union s bargaining goals during contract talks, by wearing T-shirts, buttons or stickers with union insignia and slogans; speaking up to management on key bargaining issues; and through rallies, informational picketing and other actions.
