Our negotiations with Northwest Airlines have ended and a tentative agreement has not been reached.
I think it would be a miracle for us to reach an agreement during this round of bargaining.
We all know that at some point an agreement must be reached. We also know that any tentative agreement is going to be extreme by any measure.
Northwest is doing absolutely nothing to indicate they want an agreement.
Clearly Northwest Airlines would prefer a strike over an agreement, and it looks like they're probably going to get their wish.