Early last month, the members voted 111 to 3 to strike if management refused to offer the union what it considered a fair contract.
"It's a fair contract for one of the premier guys out there," Watson said.
The Mayor maintained that a fast, fair contract would be beneficial to the public and to the union.
All we were asking was a fair contract, one with incentives.
If management doesn't like the idea that we rejected what they view as a fair contract, that's their problem.
He said, too, that musicians should not have to share revenue just to get fair contracts.
The insurance companies should also be required to keep contracts and plans simple and fair.
By combining these changes, she can create a huge number of variations on which are all fair contracts.
"New York's teachers deserve a fair contract," the ad says.
We must be relentless in our demands for a fair contract.