The likelihood of a strike at midnight tomorrow is reduced substantially by the progress we made over the weekend.

The likelihood of a strike tomorrow at midnight is greatly reduced.

All these issues are the same. The right wing and the employers are saying that people shouldn't have security, but people should have the ability to put roots down and buy a home and raise a family.

Am I a little more optimistic? I guess you could say yes. The only problem we still have is there are still some offsets we find offensive.

The company was honest and frank with us, and together we were able to address those challenges in a manner that clearly satisfied our members.

The cloth has been cut. The pattern is there,

I don't want to downplay what Cordiano and those guys did ... but at no time in the discussions did Ford say we can't (cut further) because of this (deal) with the government,

I don't see an issue out there that would cause us to be out on the street tomorrow at midnight.

Chrysler made it very clear to us when we were doing our probing, to try to find out where we could get the best agreement on our issues without a strike, that . . . if we didn't accept their demands on outsourcing and (plant) closure that we could not get an agreement with them and they would force the dispute,

Chrysler made it very clear to us when we were doing our probing to try to find out where we could get the best agreement on our issues without a strike that ... that if we didn't accepot their demands on outsourcing and (plant) closure that we could not get an agreement with them and they would forsce the dispute,