Bob Wood Quotes (23 Quotes)

That's easy. We always make sacrifices for our future. Employers try to make things a two-tier system to pit workers against each other.

The story could be set in some fictional place, but it wasn't. They made it personal. They plopped it down in a specific place. People in a small town take a lot of pride in who they are, and that's not who they are. This isn't New York. And then set it in 1963, right In 1963, they'd make fun of a man if he wore shorts.

Our folks go out and eat, buy cars, do all these things. That's how the Pemco dollars get out into the community.

What goes unrecognized about defense is how the blocking is set up. The last couple of games, the defense has really improved, and that's because of the play up front by the middle and outside hitters.

If this was a level playing field and if the company hadn't sent out veiled threats, things would be different.

We want our members to be able to make a decision without being intimidated. Nothing in the letter (from Bass) is illegal, but there are subtle threats in there.

To be honest, they played us much tougher than I anticipated. We had a couple girls playing in different positions, and Ludlow did a real nice job making a lot of digs on balls.

While it's going to be no fun sometimes, I don't think it's going to anything that's going to bother her too much, ... She's very determined she has a lot of goals. I think if she continues down that path and continues to constantly improve I think that's something she can learn from Tiger.

We've fought this company for three months and this is definitely not a loss. We did get some improvement in our medical insurance and medical insurance is what this strike was all about.

There was some movement on the part of the company in insurance premiums and deductibles, as well as caps on premium costs. Boeing offered the establishment of a committee to find ways to reduce retiree health care costs for future hires.

We are nearing three months on strike. We have a duty to send this to the membership for a vote. It's democracy at its finest. The strikers at Boeing have the final say on whether to keep striking or not.

Our members understand that insurance is a tough issue across the nation, and the members are willing to make reasonable compromises, as long as they are fair. But we demand fairness.

The camaraderie amongst runners is tremendous. I always have a wonderful time. I continue to be the oldest runner and that makes me feel good and people treat me so well that I feel like one of the boys,

This is a severe hardship on the families right here at school time. These people are economic refugees. They are having to leave to find work and they are skilled, so they can find jobs.

We're starting to talk about some things. We don't have anything planned immediately, but I think in the next few months you'll start to see some things come out, ... We're excited about all the stuff we can do with her and telling her story, so to speak, as it unfolds. Obviously, long-term she's going to have a prominent role in what we do at Nike Golf.

A number of businesses called or came by to support the union after reading the articles (in the newspaper).

They want to work but they are determined to get a strong contract. What that is is to be settled at the negotiating table. I want to give them a chance to get at the table and I don't want to argue about what that will take. Our folks do want a contract that provides them for a future at Pemco.

This is not a labor dispute. This is negotiations. Pemco has declared war on the workers.

But I think from the standpoint of her game, she understands the game at the level she's at relative to her competition.

The main issue is just the heavy cutting of health insurance ... they're doing away with retiree medical.

We haven't really depended on one guy to carry the load. Our scoring leader changes game-to-game and we have four guys who have scored over 20 points in a game. When we take care of the ball, we shoot it well. It gives other teams a lot to look at when they're preparing for us.

I'm not going to put words in the employees' mouths. They've been on strike for almost three months. This is a hard decision.

The good news is there was movement on both sides.