We are pleased to have reached an agreement to provide ILWU members with a package that rewards the hard work our membership puts forward every day at West Coast ports.

It's easy to make a basket. Getting the material is the hard work.

We're ready to finally win in the tournament this year. That's what the schedule and all the hard work has been about.

We cannot budge on outsourcing of our work, we cannot ever agree with an employer that's willing to take our work and give it to others. What they're looking for is a buyout with this union and our work force and allow for others to do our work. Totally unacceptable we will not move in that direction.

I made about $8 an hour, which was pretty good for the '70s. It taught me what hard work was about and motivated me toward pursuits of a more intellectual nature.

The thing I think about when I think about Bart is perseverance. With Bart, hard work has never been a problem. This is a testament to him and his parents ... there were a lot of tough times. This is a nice reward for him and his family.