he wants to strip our rights and then dictate exactly what the terms and conditions of employment are. that s not our rich history here in wisconsin. that s not wisconsin values. let me ask you, as well. are you willing to go to the table before the governor takes off the table the issue of taking away the collective bargaining rights? is that a non-starter, i guess, in your opinion? taking ae ining away bargains is a non-starter. we have reached out since november 3rd, his people have refused to return a single call. they have never even acknowledged the unions except to give us notices of termination of contract extensions. they don t want to come to the table and bargain. the bargaining s inconvenient to them. and in terms of specifics, you know, we don t bargain in the news media. this governor has gone to the news media and says what kind of concessions he wants. those need to be done at the bargaining table. and i believe we can bring to the table proposals that would be acce