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We don't want to strike.

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I can't say that enough times.

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There's no one here that is looking forward to a fight with these people if we can settle

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it.

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But if we have to strike, we will strike.

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Some of my remarks early in the meetings were misinterpreted when I was asked if I thought

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the owners could cancel the season, and I said no, that will not happen.

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And it was printed that I said that I guarantee there'd be no strike.

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Well, that's two different things completely.

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We don't believe that the season will be canceled.

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By the same token, we have to have the capability to withhold our services.

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It's the only weapon we have.

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So we're going to bargain in good faith, and we trust that we will get the same kind of

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response from management and that we can settle this thing without a strike.