There's a good mood, ... People know the union, and the company, by the way, have done an excellent job in terms of dealing with what was a very difficult situation.

It shows that even in tough bargaining, if the union and the company meet their responsiblities, a deal can be reached.

Right now, as the president of the union, I'm looking to moving to DaimlerChrysler,

We faced one of the most difficult challenges in bargaining that we have in a good many years.

We faced one of the most difficult challenges in bargaining that we have in a good many years, ... the Ford workers probably knew that more than anyone, given the amount of downtime they've had, given the uncertainty, the media speculation of workplace closures and layoffs.

The school of thinking of a number of people around here is that he's Canadian and he might want to prove that he's not tied to his past.