Famous Quotes & Sayings

Our members have not had a wage increase since 2002 and given that they live in a high cost-of-living area, it's unacceptable. The company hasn't changed its position at the bargaining table in about a year.

Our focus is on the bargaining table. The union feels it can be done, we feel it can be done. We just have to follow through.

We never received a counter proposal from the company. Nothing but a rejection letter. My opinion was that their minds were already made up that we entered into nothing but surface bargaining with the company.

The across-the-board cuts to all agriculture programs contained in the President's budget aren't a surprise. We dealt with that last year. But those cuts are a concern when we are still in the midst of world trade negotiations and when U.S. agriculture needs a strong bargaining hand while we seek reductions in trade barriers from other countries.

The 60,000 settlers on the other side of the fence could become bargaining chips.

John Roberts

It is not a process under which senators get to say, 'I want you to rule this way and this way and this way, and if you'll tell me that you'll rule this way and this way and this way, I'll vote for you, ... That's not a bargaining process. Judges are not politicians. They cannot promise to do certain things in exchange for votes.

It doesn't mean there's going to be a strike, it just means that they've maintained some of their clout at the bargaining table. This is a usual part of the negotiations.

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.

Gary Ross

I would think they are setting their bargaining position high, so that when they sit at the table, they can then compromise.

I would see this as a game to strengthen his bargaining position in the party. I would be surprised if he reiterates the resignation.

I would see this as a game to strengthen his bargaining position in the party.

Alexis Herman

I think it's a major victory for both parties, ... That's what collective bargaining is all about.

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

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.

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

He was the only player they wanted. We were not in a very good bargaining position.

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.

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.

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.

We're happy that Pemco is ready to go back to the negotiating table. Now that we are negotiating, there is no reason to continue the lockout. I urge them to get everybody back to work and sit down and do some hard bargaining for as long as it takes.

Ralph Miller

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

The picketing is for informational purposes. We are, in fact, going to be back at the bargaining table in a couple of weeks, so a lot of the concerns they're expressing will be taken up at the bargaining table.

we have made enough progress over the past two days that the union is willing to continue working while bargaining goes on.

Lizz Winstead

It just seems OK these days to throw women under the bus. Like we're a bargaining chip.

We are declining to discuss the details of the bargaining. We're doing our bargaining at the table.

We're doing very well with the third-largest bargaining unit.

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

We're not going to do cartwheels hearing that, because we are not out to destroy Sikorsky. We do hope UTC listens and returns to the bargaining table.

I thought we discussed wages and COLAs in our closed session and the board established bargaining guidelines last week. I'm somewhat at a loss that this is a continuing discussion.

While it is their right to seek an impasse, we believe the best way to resolve our difference is at the bargaining table.

The President's proposal should be viewed as an initial bargaining position.

The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance that he would resign first, then take his chances on trial, conviction, and jail.

The government's role is necessary for big deals; foreign parties are monopolies while Chinese parties are diversified and do not have significant bargaining power.