Labor Negotiator Mugs

'We demand shorter hours.' - 'Right, your lunch hour comes down to forty minutes.'

'We're agreed then - no more purring or tail wagging until our demands are met.'

"We had the union meeting here because I felt this was the most appropriate place to present management's contract offer."

'Now what? -- The Pharaoh says he's never heard of collective bargaining.'

Transcendental Mediation

'Hell, I was hoping we could avoid binding arbitration.'

Industrial Disputes: the Early Years

"The union is objecting to our 'grotesquely inflated' wages, do you think they'd settle for 'outrageously inflated' instead?"

"Five of us went in demanding a 5% salary increase, so they gave us each 1%."

"...And management said it was their final offer and if I didn't like it, I could go to hell! So, here I am!"

'The last walk-out was very painful for me. I suffered a fractured bonus.'

The strongest union gets to squeeze the last drop of the GNP...

'And finally, on these wage demands I give no quarter; a dime is my last offer.'

'The central processing unit is on strike. How does one negoitate with a central processing unit?'

'No, the strike isn't over - they're burning the company flag.'

He agreed to everything we asked for. That means we didn't ask for enough.

"The government doesn't want to STOP you going on strike, we simply want to make it fair..."

"And need I remind you, the 'art of the deal' is the lifeblood of this company."

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

'When we get there let me do the double talking.'

Albania and North Macedonia: entrance denied

'Which 'win' is ours? Because the one on the left looks bigger.'

'I'm glad you guys could work this out in a reasonable manner.'

Flags

"They're having a fight over how best to handle client conflict."

"When faced with a tricky ethical issue, I always ask the question, 'What's in it for me?'"

"Then we have an unspoken agreement?"

"That's it lads, 364 days annual leave...what would we have done without our union!"

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

'Try and be negative in a positive way.'

'I ace 'wheeling' but I flunked 'dealing'' - Boy on leaving Business Administration.

'Ok, here's the meeting agenda ... it's gonna be a long one.'

'Gentlemen, I've been authorized to sweeten the offer.'

'Negotiations have reached an impasse, legal recommends we resort to violence.'