Contract talks are over. Neither side in the negotiating room at the table has declared impasse.

We are done negotiating, ... There are no more talks from our side. That means there's a strike at 12:01.

The most important thing is that Milosevic agreed to sit at the negotiating table with the Kosovo Albanians,

Neither one of them talks crap.

Anything can be discussed at the negotiating table. We have no red lines on anything.

We've said for weeks now that we are ready, willing and able to meet Sikorsky at the negotiating table and work out a fair contract that gets our people back to work and lets them maintain affordable health care benefits. What I do want is for both sides to fully understand the wide-ranging effects this situation is having on individuals, families, communities and the state as a whole.