29 Quotes by Steve MacFarlane

I think it would be a miracle for us to reach an agreement during this round of bargaining.

There have been times I think when Dell may have been the only guy out there that really still believed it could happen.

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.

While we aren't looking forward to bankruptcy, we don't think it puts us in any worse shape than we are today.

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.

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.

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.

It would have to be a significant shift from where they've dug in so far. If they're not interested in talking, our guys may leave.

Our evidence is that Northwest is having a great deal of trouble keeping their operation running.