Some firms have agreed to labor contract terms that effectively proscribe testing and other selection techniques as well. In general, such agreements usually appear in context of minimal selection emphasis, and thus the company is giving away something it cares little about, probably to gain some concession it views as more significant. On the other hand, agreeing to severe constraints on selection procedures can prove be self-defeating if at some later time a more selection-oriented strategy appears to be called for. Certainly, if a company desires to utilize a selection strategy for unionized jobs, every effort should be made to retain as much freedom in the use of selection techniques as possible.