Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ralph Miller

Send (your negotiator) back to the bargaining table with some direction, some ideas, some flexibility and some willingness to reach an agreement.

David Cole

More than anything it tells the UAW that their bargaining power is gone. The market is defining wages and benefits of the future and the best they can hope for is to work collaboratively with the companies to survive.

David Cole

More than anything it tells the UAW that their bargaining power is gone, ... The market is defining wages and benefits of the future and the best they can hope for is to work collaboratively with the companies to survive.

Rocco Calo

Negotiators were prepared to discuss that issue today, but Sikorsky would rather play games than engage in good-faith bargaining that would get people back to work.

Arleen Starr

If they ratify, we have a new collective bargaining agreement.

Marco Trbovich

If they had been part of our union, they might not be in the position they are in today. They did not have company-wide leverage in the discussions about their future. USW workers are protected because we have company-wide leverage. It's the breadth of our representation throughout the company that gives us more strategic bargaining leverage.

Lori White

I have faith in the bargaining committee, so I'm hoping it was a fair deal,

Nancy Elliott

I do not want to lead another strike. I do not want to have a knock-down, drag-out fight with you every time we come to the bargaining table.

Joe Stout

The proposal was the result of good faith negotiations between the company and the union bargaining committees.

Barbara Block

Sharks are declining globally, yet the movements and habitats of most species are unknown,

Hasitha Premaratne

Given the declining inflationary scenario, inflation should further drop in March due to seasonal factors and supply improvements that would help the food index to take a breather.

Sandra Petcov

Fundamentals still do not support a strong rebound in German retail sales: real compensation per employee is declining noticeably and, even though unemployment has started to fall, employment is still on a downward trend.

Michael Capellas

We are declining in science ... in the 5th and 6th grades. Young ladies are not entering math and science -- and when they do, they go to medicine.

Michael Capellas

We are declining in science ... in the 5th and 6th grades,

John Donne

Where can we find two better hemispheres/ Without sharp North, without declining West?

David Hanson

We still have too many students 12 to 17 who are drinking excessively but we don't have an epidemic. We have a declining problem. That's the fact of it.

Tim Walberg

During Governor Jennifer Granholm's administration, Michigan has experienced job losses, declining personal incomes, diminishing home values, and the highest unemployment rate in the nation.

Catherine Rossi

We'd like to know why prices are not declining in line with the national average.

Jacques Perrin

Nature is full of drama. I know nothing about biology, about birds, about insects, about the details of politics. I just make movies about human interest stories.

Pat Roberts

I can't really tell you some of the more specific details that would make your eyebrows even raise higher,

Robert McCarthy

I don't remember the details (of the presentation), ... but I know I was impressed.

David Procopio

There are many details about this person and how she died that may be known only to her killer and little by little by us.

Sinclair Lewis

. . . she did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them . . .

Ehud Barak

shaping the overall strategy and the details of how to move forward.

Barbara Saunders

I don't know all of the details yet. Put me at that table, and I will be your voice.

Tom Coburn

The proof, of course, will be in the details of how we stay together,

Maria Cheng

We don't have a lot of details as to what kinds of tests were done, but we are obviously keen to have the samples sent abroad.

Bud Selig

We're not discussing contraction at the major league level.

John Thompson

Levy limits were discussed this year, but not enforced. Some of that's just every-year political stuff, but you don't know until the Legislature adjourns for the year what they really will do to us.

Carol Chastang

Many lenders may not have discussed the STAR program specifically with the borrower.

James Appathurai

Sofia will be an opportunity for foreign ministers to look forward to Riga. Indeed, this whole ministerial meeting is a stepping stone toward the very important Riga summit. But they will have a discussion on enlargement.

Malcolm Speed

Moving venues was one of the issues discussed today.

Jonathan Knight

My fellow band members don't discuss their loved ones, and I don't feel that just because I am gay, I should have to discuss mine!

Jim Fischer

One point here is that it's very valuable for the staff to be involved in that discussion. When there's really thoughtful discussion about an issue, it seems the right thing is done most of the time.

Nobu Matsuhisa

One evening, Mike Myers and Steven Spielberg were discussing 'Goldmember,' and I just happened to joke, 'If you need a Japanese character, let me know!' The next day, they called me for audition! I find it's always helpful to maintain a sense of humour.

Jaime Suchlicki

None of us want what we discussed here. It's the most likely scenario, but it's not what we wish for.