Famous Quotes & Sayings

They're not going to force a lousy contract down our throats. We have told them from the beginning that this contract will be negotiated by bargaining in good faith and not by threats and not by intimidation.

If you had actually invited SEIU back to the bargaining table, you would have a written document, ... Do not come in here and play games with the Board of Supervisors.

In those days, there was lots more of a spoils system prior to the passage of statewide classification and pay, collective bargaining and executive reorganization.

If you sense you have bargaining power, you can write your own ticket.

In addition, such an outcome would encourage other employee groups to join unions to improve their bargaining position in future contract talks.

I can't characterize the recess, but a recess in collective bargaining is not rare and is often called for various reasons.

Because of inordinate bargaining power, giant health plans have introduced an all-or-nothing mentality, which is unfair to physicians,

William Matthews

How are they going to expect the UAW to come to the bargaining table and make any concessions without management making some sacrifices and cutting the dividend?

Hubert Humphrey

They can either meet those terms at a bargaining table, or they can put their fate in the hands of 12 Minnesotans,

Alan Rosenberg

They want to form partnerships with our employers rather than stand up and fight for our fair share. What we want to do is stay at the bargaining table and go for the best deal we can get.

They wanted lots of different plans, none of which would have the bargaining clout to get prices down.

It's sending shivers down the spines of a lot of senators. They've thrown down the gauntlet here to other people. I believe this is probably a bargaining chip to try to move senators down the road to more earmarking reform.

It's the judge's discretion what to do. It's impossible to predict what will happen. Is extending the bargaining possible? Yes.

It is very, very quiet. They're really focusing on doing the work at the bargaining table.

It has been the experience at the CBC for deals to be concluded in Ottawa with both the federal mediators there, but also key members of the CBC management team who for the most part have not been present at the bargaining at all.

Michael Fitzpatrick

Iran's oil minister has said that oil exports would not be used a s a bargaining chip, but that possibility must be considered, particularly if tensions escalate.

Karen Miller

The collective bargaining process has worked at Delta for 60 years without third-party intervention, ... Reaching a settlement is the only way to end uncertainty for the public. A PEB would only delay the uncertainty by 60 days so now we'd be facing a strike in the middle of the summer.

The company and the CAW bargaining teams are working hard to find solutions to a number of issues.

The concern I would have is that General Motors may have given away their bargaining chip without necessarily getting the concessions (from the UAW) they need at this point.

Janet Yellen

The growing capacity of foreign countries to supply goods and services to the U.S. market has impacted the structure of wages and the bargaining power of workers.

The important thing is that what happened today is what we've been saying all along, and that is, it's better to be at the bargaining table than on the picket line.

You've got to raise money when you think you can get it, not when you need it. If you wait till you need it, your bargaining power is less and it's no fun.

The hotels are confronting a union that has significantly more leverage and more imagination than in the past. The union is slowly but surely introducing national bargaining in an industry in which the companies used to tower over the local unions.

Scott Walker

So let me be clear, Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people.