[On a Delphi bankruptcy:] We obviously would prefer that not happen, ... We don't control whether it happens or not. |
A contract adhered to by only one side is one that is no contract at all. ... They're also ignoring their social contract with America by transferring jobs to China Thailand and Mexico. |
a hell of a battle. |
But it's even more presumptuous for (Miller) and others to suggest there will be no strike at Delphi. |
GM's claim that they are committed to investing in their American operations is belied by their actions. They continually threaten our locals with being sold or outsourced out of existence, |
He (Miller) would do well to let the people at GM run General Motors and focus on whatever the hell it is he's supposed to be doing with Delphi, |
I think it would probably be presumptuous for anybody to suggest there is going to be a strike at Delphi, |
I think it's unfair to raise people's hopes that there might be a settlement in sight if you don't believe that, and I don't happen to believe that's the case. |
I think it's unfortunate that they've decided to look at other options that are available to them, but of course everybody has the right to do those things, |
I'd be shocked if it was done by this weekend. |
I've been the one who's been at the table. We don't have a tentative agreement. |
If the court rejects our agreement and Delphi imposes its last proposal, it will probably be impossible to avoid a long strike. |
If you don't have a spouse that has health insurance or is covered some other way, you need to think long and hard about taking the buyout. You can go through $140,000 with amazing quickness. |
It ought to be a vision of how we make life better for those people that live here, not a vision for dismantling the manufacturing base and taking the quality of life that we've known and enjoyed down to that of a Third World country. |
It would be presumptuous for anyone at this stage to suggest that is, or is not, what's going to happen. But it certainly is one of the options that is available, |