We're recommending the parties give voluntary negotiations one more try.

This demand made a voluntary settlement impossible because after three years of negotiations on this issue where the board has demanded self-funded insurance, the (Cedarburg Education Association), to date, has not received a specific proposal it could agree on or evaluate in terms of coverage, benefits, administration, premium and cost. In effect, the board was demanding that the CEA agree to an unknown health insurance program.

The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly independent parties to participate. Sham democracy should be exposed for what it truly is,

If you've got 13 felonies, and negotiations are, you have to plead to at least one, which one do you plead to? The one the Supreme Court can't even agree is a crime.

If you've got 13 felonies, and negotiations are, you have to plead to at least one, which one do you plead to? ... The one the Supreme Court can't even agree is a crime.

Voluntary binding arbitration, if accepted, would end the strike immediately. Both parties would agree on an arbitrator who would, after a serious evaluation of the positions of both parties, provide an informed resolution to the dispute that has kept students out of their classes since March 7 . This process would be trusted by both faculty and management and would bring the best results for all parties.