The thing you have to do regularly and what takes the most labor is milking the cows and taking care of them. The idea of getting rid of the milking procedure is you cut out about six to eight hours of labor each day, every day, 365 days a year. That's one big expense.

This points out that the labor market remains as tight as ever.

The U.S. wants the labor, but doesn't want to address the risks people take to get here.

The US wants the labor, but doesn't want to address the risks people take to get here.

Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.

This is not a paradigm shift. This doesn't say anything about the swing in power between management and labor. This is a circumstance that pertains to the nature of negotiations between Northwest and one of its unions. It doesn't indicate a pattern or precedent that is likely to continue with other unions.