Mark McClain
Mark McClain
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I think we can avoid bankruptcy. But people are going to have to step up to the plate and deal with the realities of the financial situation.
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Our goal is not to strike, but we will retain all legal self-help options if management forces our hand.
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Management's arrogant and excessive demands are unacceptable and are putting Northwest's future in serious jeopardy.
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We continue to meet with Northwest management in an effort to reach a consensual agreement, but the outcome will be decided by management's actions at the negotiating table. Our goal is not to strike, but we will retain all legal self-help options if management forces our hand.
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We assume that discussions may occur among the remaining airlines in every possible combination.
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There is only so much blood that you can squeeze out of a rock.
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We're willing to reach a consensual agreement that satisfies Northwest's need to be competitive. But Northwest is trying to bust the union. They're trying to undo decades of collective bargaining.
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We feel that we can get a better settlement in negotiations voluntarily with Northwest management than we can get through the bankruptcy court,
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There is no point in saving Northwest Airlines if a significant number of our members lose their jobs.
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If we strike, the company will be liquidated.
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We've been trying to stay out of bankruptcy for three years now.
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He was a hardworking man. He volunteered. Pleasant Valley has a soup kitchen on Thursday. He worked every Thursday. He'd help out with Malta. He used to come out with us even. But he wouldn't give up the drinking, so we had to ask him to stop coming out with us.
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We will not allow management's hired guns to use the bankruptcy process to take away essential job protections and outsource jobs we have offered to perform on a cost-competitive basis.
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We're going to want to minimize pay cuts and minimize layoffs.