The FOP is a fine fraternal organization, but when it comes to negotiate a contract, we are the Teamsters union, and that is what we are experienced at. They can go there to drink beer and have parties. That's fine.

The FOP is a fine fraternal organization, but there's only one union on the ballot, and that's the Teamsters.

Obviously we had been keen to negotiate a two-year contract for Jeff but when Collingwood came in with a four-year deal our hand was forced somewhat. We never wanted to lose Jeff to another club, but we certainly did not want to risk losing him for nothing.

Just because the Teamsters are a universally recognized union doesn't mean they will have any more rights than the FOP had. That may be something they will have difficulty adjusting to.

We had hoped to keep Eric. There was an unwillingness on his part to re-negotiate his contract, and we really had no alternative but to make this trade.

We expect a contract with a respectable wage increase. We are willing to negotiate.