30 Quotes by Eric Rabe

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.

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.

We're not engaged in any improper attempt . . . to get proprietary information.

We think their behavior is outrageous for normal business commerce. Essentially they have refused to negotiate with us.

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.

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.

We will certainly continue to negotiate with anybody who's here. We have no interest in walking away from talks.

We sell our service to customers who call us, ... Our view is that if people don't want to be called, they won't be good sales prospects anyway.

We are asking each business unit to manage their work flow, which means managers' jobs have been eliminated, not the union positions, and we have eliminated contract work,