We faced one of the most difficult challenges in bargaining that we have in a good many years, ... the Ford workers probably knew that more than anyone, given the amount of downtime they've had, given the uncertainty, the media speculation of workplace closures and layoffs. |
We faced one of the most difficult challenges in bargaining that we have in a good many years. |
We finally have the economic proposal on the table that does cover the pattern issue, |
We had to negotiate solutions to some very tough problems with Ford in this bargaining, |
We have a new 1996 collective bargaining agreement, ... I think this is good for General Motors, CAW and all of our employees. |
We have to solve that or it's a showstopper for sure. |
We really did think we'd have this thing done late this morning or early afternoon, but it's become more difficult than we had anticipated, ... There's a lot of very difficult issues related to job security at all locations. |
We thought this would be a lot easier than it's turned out to be, |
We thought we had all of this behind us this morning, and now we're back to another couple of issues that are sticklers for us, |
We took a very hard line in support of our members, that we could not and would not accept outsourcing. |
We will move ahead and we will have a stronger position in terms of progressive politics down the road. |
We're certainly working towards a settlement and quite frankly, I'd like to do it before the 20th, given the state of the industry and the state of the companies, ... If we can do it early, I think that would be a credit to all of us. |
We're close enough to do this, but far enough away to fall in the ditch, ... We're feeling somewhat better this morning, although we're not there. |
We're going to hang with the deadline, ... We either have a settlement or we'll have a shutdown tomorrow night at midnight. We're working toward a settlement and we hope the company is doing the same thing. |
We're not afraid of change, we embrace change. But not at the expense of our members and their families and their communities, |