149 Quotes About Bargaining

We didn't want to proceed without a firm resolution of the collective bargaining agreement.

We are very frustrated and concerned over where we are in this process. The union is engaged in a charade. It is clear to us that union leadership has no interest in negotiating or making a deal to save the start of the season. Union leadership is stalling, doing everything in its power to ensure this collective bargaining negotiation is not resolved in a timely manner.

Contraction is a plan to buy back franchises and essentially put them out of business. We have no interest in contraction as a strategic matter or a bargaining strategy, ... We believe 30 franchises can be healthy given the economic right system. The bottom line is if we don't get the right system, we are at risk of losing franchises.

There was healthy dialogue and progress continued to be made on many operational issues relating to a new collective bargaining agreement. We will resume meeting early next week.

You should itemize a whole litany of requests, which become bargaining chips. You may have things that you're willing to throw away, but your opponent doesn't know that.

There have been discussions about beginning bargaining that were interrupted for the World Baseball Classic. I would expect the sides to meet to establish an initial timetable shortly.

If you had actually invited SEIU back to the bargaining table, you would have a written document, ... Do not come in here and play games with the Board of Supervisors.

We didn't want to be involved in the bargaining process.

We never received a counter proposal from the company. Nothing but a rejection letter. My opinion was that their minds were already made up that we entered into nothing but surface bargaining with the company.