Eric Rabe
Eric Rabe
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We continue to negotiate, and we continue to be hopeful. However, the negotiating process is a two-way street and the unions have not been willing to approve a contract that would allow the company to remain competitive.
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We will certainly continue to negotiate with anybody who's here. We have no interest in walking away from talks.
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The status of the bargaining is that we are continuing to talk. We continue to frankly plug through some of the more difficult issues that confront us. It's become sort of an intense, exhausting sort of a process. We're working through the issues one at a time.
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We're looking forward to nailing down the details as quickly as we can. We'll continue to talk until people collapse and even then we could talk in our sleep if we have to.
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Intense negotiations have continued late last evening, then resumed again at 9:30 a.m., ... The current talks are intense.
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It's our fervent hope that we will be able to negotiate that contract and get it over as quickly as possible. We continue to believe that we've made progress and that the end of this negotiation process continues to be within reach. We believe we can reach an agreement quickly and get workers back on the job. We want this strike to be over.
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We have been talking with the unions since late yesterday afternoon, ... non-stop intense talks with all sides fully engaged. It remains impossible not predict when these talks will end in a contract and get people back to their jobs.
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When you get to a point where you think people are ready to go home... that sometimes is helpful to have a deadline to get people focused, ... I think people are serious about getting a contract and getting things back the way they should be for customers. I think the union people are just as anxious to do that as we are.
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We think their behavior is outrageous for normal business commerce. Essentially they have refused to negotiate with us.
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We have seen some positive movement on some of the issues, but this is a situation with a lot of moving parts. Those issues could change as we move to other issues.
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We're not engaged in any improper attempt . . . to get proprietary information.
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We believe we reached a good general framework for obtaining a contract, but right now we're down to the wire. I'm still optimistic that we'll get it done in a few days but I'm not sure we'll get it done today.
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We're in a position that could results in a new contract, and the end of the strike and getting people back to work.
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But getting our accurate position out there on this issue is something we've had to work hard to achieve, ... A sizeable amount of inaccurate, or even blatantly biased, information makes its way to the web, and the more sensational stories - true or not - tend to get amplified by repetition.