Bargaining Quotes

Regarding the WGA Strike and how it could affect the Academy Awards: The show must go on, that is one of the tenets of everything. I am a member of the board of governors of the Academy, and we definitely want to put on a great show and honor the films that have come out in the course of the year. I just hope that the big guys who make big decisions, up high in their corporate boardrooms and what not, get down to honest bargaining and everyone can get back to work.

I was bargaining for time away from Hollywood, and Columbia was bargaining for money. I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted. They knew I was so anxious to do Born Yesterday that I`d have done it for a dollar. They gave me the next best thing.

Their numbers seem to be changing. Earlier in the week they said there was a $1.5 billion gap, ... We never negotiate numbers in the press. We`re putting our energy into reaching an agreement at the bargaining table.

He looked fine, but a lot of teams seem concerned with risks nowadays '” maybe because the investments in players have become so big. Maybe the Bulls want Eddy long-term, and maybe this is some kind of bargaining chip. Either way, DNA testing is taking things a little too far.

As I learn more and more about the six-year extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, it`s obvious to me that NFL owners understood that they were going to get a new deal done at all costs.

It`s in the collective bargaining agreement, ... That`s something our great competition committee did.

John`s expertise and knowledge will be very helpful as we continue to attract and retain top quality leadership to successfully direct our organization into the future. We are pleased to have John onboard with Keenan and we know that we will greatly benefit from his extensive contacts and knowledge of public schools, collective bargaining, and product platforms that are relevant in our niches.

The DREAM Act, fundamentally, is not even about immigration policy, it`s about how we treat young people who grow up here. We want the DREAM Act to pass, but we don`t want it to be used as a bargaining chip.

It`s important that all members vote on Friday. The bargaining team cannot represent us accurately if we don`t indicate our wishes.

This will not be a vote to ratify the entire contract. This is a vote to guide our bargaining team.

The fact that pilot representatives immediately returned to the bargaining table indicates they remain willing to find a mutually beneficial solution.

In the steel industry the corporations generally have accepted collective bargaining and negotiated wage agreements with the Committee for Industrial Organization.

Five of the corporations in the steel industry elected to resist collective bargaining and undertook to destroy the steel workers` union.

Congress did not say you could ignore collective bargaining rights. It said just the opposite.

In these days of an increasingly powerful music industry, authors` societies represent creators` unique collective bargaining power for securing a fair remuneration for the use of their works anywhere in the world. At the bottom of the value chain, creators are even more vulnerable in the digital age. Authors` societies remain the only safeguard for protecting our rights and accessing the marketplace.

No major decision is expected soon. The tough bargaining is likely to last until mid-December -- Berlusconi hopes for a signing ceremony in Rome by mid next year.

We had hoped that Judge Collyer`s decision would bring all parties involved to the bargaining table.