As we speak, negotiations are ongoing, ... and we are quite hopeful that we will be able to complete a contract without any additional work stoppage.
Quotes about stoppage (15 Quotes)
Large scale collective bargaining ... is merely a seductive name for bilateral monopoly, and means either adjudication of conflicts in terms of power, or deadlock and stoppage, usually injuring outside people more than the immediate parties to the dispute.
The negotiation committee remains optimistic that an agreement can be reached without work stoppage.
The owners panicked. They were afraid there might be a work stoppage. But we would've had 12 months to sit down and work a better deal out. With this deal, there's going to be half the clubs under water.
If there's a work stoppage, we plan to run the plants. Each of the 15 locations has a big contingency plan.
We've been making payments steadily whether there was a work stoppage or not or whether we made money or not. That's just the way we do business. There's absolutely a sense of pride.
In 1994 there was virtually no chance we were going to reach an agreement without a work stoppage, ... They were talking about a salary cap and we weren't. In this negotiating we've been talking about virtually the same thing. It's sometimes a difference in philosophy on how to reach certain goals.
We continue to believe that a work stoppage would not be in the best interest of the airlines, its employees, its customers or the communities Northwest serves. If ALPA would attempt to strike Northwest Airlines, the company would seek an immediate injunction.
A work stoppage doesn't benefit anybody.
We worked very hard to build and sustain our relationship with the league and would have liked to continue. However, given the prolonged work stoppage and the league's TV ratings history, no financial model even remotely supports the contract terms offered. We wish the NHL all the best.
If there's a prolonged labor stoppage, people won't be wanting to buy their cars again. They'll think the company might not be there to honor the warranty.
We'll get through it like we get through any other work stoppage, like a hurricane. But Hispanics make up a lot of our workers. Take tile roofing. You can't get a native-born American who knows how to do it.
We continue to believe that the President will invoke his authority under the Taft-Hartley Act and order union members back to work in the event for a strike, ... Individual members of Congress from West Coast states appear to be taking a more aggressive position, and have been actively calling or writing the ILWU and PMA to encourage the parties to at least extend the current contract, which would minimize the risk of a complete work stoppage.
I got the sense in the room they were just afraid of a work stoppage, afraid of the union, and they would accept anything. The union should've asked for more they would've gotten it. It was a panic deal. I've seen it before, but not like this.
We're expecting a contract (today). The association has pretty much made their point to me, they want this resolved (today) or there could be another work stoppage.