Together, they engage in collective bargaining to work out an agreement.

"The union will be wildly successful if it can maintain the same health plan in bargaining," he said.

But the first step in successful bargaining was to never show any interest.

"Whatever the perception is of internal problems, they will not hurt us in bargaining."

How much have they given so far in collective bargaining?

He said the union intended to raise the issue in bargaining.

To get the agreement tonight, negotiators worked through several tough issues in final bargaining.

Kirk worried that meant she had no further interest in bargaining.

The lawsuit has given the union the confidence it lost in bargaining.

We cannot and should not reduce the democratic process to an exercise in bargaining.