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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?

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.

We believe this move undermines the integrity of the collective bargaining process and denies IAM-represented employees the right to exercise their vote,

John Gage

We had hoped that Judge Collyer's decision would bring all parties involved to the bargaining table.

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.

We feel, first of all, the current process that governs collective bargaining that was put in place in 1992 does a fairly good job reducing number and duration of strikes.

Jack Straw

We can't get into a situation of bargaining with terrorists because this would put many more people's lives at risk, not only in Iraq but around the world,

We were very happy to have the company treat us as they did. It was truly different than bargaining with International Paper.

We're a little frustrated with the progress that bargaining is taking.

We hope that the management bargaining team is spending the weekend preparing a better offer for us. We look forward to seeing it Monday morning.

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

Over the last five or six years, there's a lot more day-to-day contact between our offices on a whole host of things. You develop better working relations as a result of doing that. You hope that that translates into something which makes bargaining a little easier. But that's something you wait to find out.

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.

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 are declining to discuss the details of the bargaining. We're doing our bargaining at the 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'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 willing to pay the 20 percent but not with the money the company has on the bargaining table.

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

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.