We won't cut unemployment by only employing people in the public sector.

If (the union) continues to insist on short working time, there will be more privatization.

One can't sign every contract no matter how bad it may be for the state's budgets.

We are standing by the demand for a 40-hour week.

We're definitely seeing a trend of fewer individuals filing for unemployment benefits and fewer people having to be on the benefits for the full 26 weeks.

People choose to consume based on expected earnings. The unemployment data should take some of the froth off of a couple of really strong [recent] data reports.