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

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.

But we're also far enough apart, ... that we could end up in the ditch tonight.

That's the only thing that he spoke against at almost every council meeting.

We're going to hang with the deadline, ... We either have a settlement or we'll have a shutdown tomorrow night at midnight. We're working toward a settlement and we hope the company is doing the same thing.