There is still such a vast difference in the costs it would be impossible to get close to our costs. |
There's a good mood, ... People know the union, and the company, by the way, have done an excellent job in terms of dealing with what was a very difficult situation. |
they build in Tokyo. They build in Hiroshima. They build anywhere they find a big enough dock to ship their vehicles over here. |
They tabled a large number of offsets, some make sense as long as it doesn't disadvantage our members, ... But a number of those we're just not going to buy into. |
They're being tougher than nails. |
They're demanding major outsourcing of our jobs, not because they need it but because they think they can make them somewhere else cheaper. |
Things at the local table picked up a bit yesterday. For Chrysler to start doing local negotiations on a serious basis this early, it may very well be a signal they want to get a settlement, |
This has been a very difficult and challenging set of negotiations with General Motors, ... The challenges we faced here didn't happen by chance. They happened because of the declining market share of General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler. |
This has been a very difficult and challenging set of negotiations with General Motors. The challenges we faced here didn't happen by chance. They happened because of the declining market share of General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler. |
This is a major restructuring. |
This is not the richest settlement ... There will be moderate improvements in most areas. I think it is a responsible response by Ford Motor Co. in some of the most difficult times that we've faced as an industry, which means our union has to face it as well. |
This is not the richest settlement. There will be moderate improvements in most areas. I think it is a responsible response by Ford Motor Co. in some of the most difficult times that we've faced as an industry which means our union has to face it as well. |
Unfortunately, I don't think they would be doing it this way if there was not going to be some negative news about changes. If there were no changes, they could just simply give us a phone call. But it doesn't look good. |
We are not backing away from the pattern, |
We are optimistic today that we can avoid a strike. We could announce something today. |