Ron Carey
Ron Carey
benefits cost cover defense estimate fund million strike
The defense fund will cover strike benefits for a long strike, if necessary, ... We estimate the strike benefits will cost about $10 million a week.
bargaining certainly contract either families good jobs picket provides win won
A contract that provides the good jobs for working families certainly won't be won at the bargaining table. The only way you can win that is either on the picket lines, and in the community.
fighting labor movement people time
It's about time the labor movement (became) much more active, fighting for working people in this country,
companies manage office post
The Post Office and the other companies can't manage the volume, ... They shouldn't be dictating; they should be negotiating.
brought company contract gone members negotiate people reached shove union
What the union historically has done is gone in, negotiate a contract, then brought it back to its members when they reached agreement. What the company has been dictating and intimidating and threatening people is that they want to shove this contract down the members' throats. That has never been done in the past,
flags raised
would not have raised any flags for me.
horse race saying
We're still saying this is a horse race,
believe believes company dreams grow jobs steal
We believe that as the company grows, so should the jobs grow. The company believes just the opposite, and that is to grow more part-time jobs, to subcontract -- to steal away the American dream,
appears candidates clear crop current failing forward judge mainstream mark senate support touch
While Mark Dayton has made it abundantly clear how out of touch he is, it also appears the current crop of DFL Senate candidates are out of the mainstream by failing to come forward to support Judge Roberts' nomination,
smoke
But if it's just a smoke screen, we're out of here,
common complex hard looked solutions
I don't know how long this will take. We looked very hard to try to find some solutions to some very complex problems. I'm disappointed that we could not find some common ground.
means strike talks
We are done negotiating, ... There are no more talks from our side. That means there's a strike at 12:01.
giving impulse interested office
Unfortunately for Doran, Minnesotans aren't interested in giving away the governor's office to an impulse buyer.
aware certainly
We were not aware of this -- I certainly was not aware of this,