Aren't you asking for this whole liability to hit you at once now, at a time when we're going to have to borrow money to pay it out? Do I understand correctly that upon ratification of this arrangement, if I have 12 years of service, I can now say, “Okay, I'm still going to keep working for you, but I want my 12 weeks' severance pay now, I want to be paid out now”?
On November 25th, 2010. See this statement in context.