Under the best, the very best, conditions it takes several months to negotiate an agreement. These are far from what you would call good conditions.

Your letter is nothing more than lip service to the idea of negotiations while you prepare your motion to rip up these contracts.

And I encouraged them to start a strike committee.

We're not talking. I have had no negotiations with Delphi, none.

You have not yet given us the information necessary for the evaluation of your proposal. This is not good faith bargaining.

In that context, your assertion that you hope to reach an agreement this week on a new agreement is ludicrous.

We successfully addressed the concerns that they brought to us. I feel good about that. I feel confident that it will be ratified. I feel confident that it ensures the future of the plant.

This is not good faith bargaining.