Labor is not the problem. They have core cost problems.

The labor supply was very tight last year. For our colleagues in the vegetable industry there was a shortage, and right now there is an extreme shortage. For our colleagues in raisins, there was a severe shortage. Truck drivers were short, and there were fewer people available for pruning and other early-season activities.

[Oh, and remember the near meltdown at United, struggling with labor problems and bad weather in the summer of 2000?] Some weeks, ... they were running 25 percent on time. There were planes and crews and passengers scattered all around the world; there were business travelers sleeping at O'Hare.

The key to success is in the minds of the people. How do they see the problems and the opportunities in a town.

The problems we identified in this letter we consider very serious.

A collective bargaining agreement is not the only way a labor movement can represent workers.