To stay there any longer would just be repetition, ... Somebody's got to stand up and say 'Enough is enough.' |
Tonight the elected leaders of the local unions unanimously approved the agreement with UPS, ... They were united and extremely enthusiastic about the breakthroughs that we had won in these negotiations. |
Unfortunately for Doran, Minnesotans aren't interested in giving away the governor's office to an impulse buyer. |
We are done negotiating, ... There are no more talks from our side. That means there's a strike at 12:01. |
We are talking about the issues and that, to me, is progress -- trying to see if we can find some areas of agreement, |
We believe that as the company grows, so should the jobs grow. The company believes just the opposite, and that is to grow more part-time jobs, to subcontract -- to steal away the American dream, |
We have exhausted every possible approach to try to solve the problem, ... There are a number of complex problems. At this point it's just a waste of time. |
We have seen no sign that the company has changed its attitude, so we are not particularly optimistic about these new talks, |
We were not aware of this -- I certainly was not aware of this, |
We're still saying this is a horse race, |
Well, hell, no one ever explained it to me like that, |
What the union historically has done is gone in, negotiate a contract, then brought it back to its members when they reached agreement. What the company has been dictating and intimidating and threatening people is that they want to shove this contract down the members' throats. That has never been done in the past, |
What they are doing is intimidation. It is threats. That won't get the job done. That is a mistake, |
While Mark Dayton has made it abundantly clear how out of touch he is, it also appears the current crop of DFL Senate candidates are out of the mainstream by failing to come forward to support Judge Roberts' nomination, |
While there is no reason for optimism at this point, we will be there, ready to negotiate a reasonable agreement that provides the good jobs that American families need, |