"But it's one that the union won't suffer from," he added.

That is especially so in light of the staggering losses the union and the company suffered.

But the union suffered significant setbacks in the 1980s.

Experience has taught many of us that when union leaders start thinking that their job is to cooperate with management, the union and its members suffer.

The union also suffered from financial problems, and Morell continued to warn against destructive divisions amongst the members when he stepped down as president.

Wilson's union suffered in the early 1890s and almost collapsed in 1894.

During the early 1840s, the union began organising typographers in southern towns, but suffered setbacks due to a recession.

The union suffered a humiliating defeat last year when it called strikes to force a shorter workweek in eastern German auto plants.

The smaller the deficit, the less the unions will suffer.

The transit workers' union suffered similar losses after its automatic deduction was temporarily suspended in the aftermath of the 1980 strike.