Steve MacFarlane
Steve MacFarlane
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Our members know that working for Northwest Airlines, they have to have a strike fund.
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What really matters is whether the other unions at Northwest will support us. And that remains to be seen. At this stage of the game it's pretty standard for everyone to remain silent and see if a strike occurs.
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Either way we lose. So we might as well take the strike and attempt to apply some leverage to Northwest and convince them that they really can't do it without us.
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Northwest has guaranteed a strike because their proposal is so extreme.
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This evening Northwest Airlines proposed what they term as their last best offer. This offer reflects Northwest Airlines' consistent extreme position and leaves us with little hope of reaching a deal before tomorrow evening's strike deadline.
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Clearly Northwest Airlines would prefer a strike over an agreement, and it looks like they're probably going to get their wish.
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I think it would be a miracle for us to reach an agreement during this round of bargaining.
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The only threat that the replacement worker would have is if we intended to come back. At this stage of the game, Northwest was getting rid of us anyway.
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If all sides are serious about getting this done before the deadline, I think it can be done.
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If we hold the line, Northwest will have to come back to the table and provide a contract that is acceptable to our members.
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If they can find mechanics willing to work under the terms that Northwest wanted to pay, more power to them. We refuse to work under those conditions and we are prepared to walk away and start our lives somewhere else.
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While we aren't looking forward to bankruptcy, we don't think it puts us in any worse shape than we are today.
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We all know that at some point an agreement must be reached. We also know that any tentative agreement is going to be extreme by any measure.
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There have been times I think when Dell may have been the only guy out there that really still believed it could happen.