Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
1) Two years ago, management verbally committed to using UAL work rules as a base line, and negotiating up since they are hugely concessionary rules only extractable in Ch 11. They withdrew that promise the minute the DOJ approved the merger.
As far a work rules, I know that was the JNC's early stance (a'la Heppner/Owens) coming to the table, but no where have I ever read that the "company's" stance as to where the starting/gamet point stood?? I'm ALL for have the starting point there, and land miles North of that even. DON'T get me wrong.....just trying to dice facts v oppinion.
As far as 'withdrew'.....They've (MGT) have pulled back on several items over the corse of the process, "smoke and mirrors" vs that of 'good faith' come to mind?!?! R&I being one of the most recent topics of pull-back on MGT's part. (See below)
JNC: 04-27-12
"The group reviewed the progress achieved during the week in the area of Scheduling, and spent significant time addressing ways to surmount the current difficulty in resolving disability, and retirement and insurance (R&I) issues. Actuaries are being used to resolve differing opinions in the valuation of certain items in R&I in an effort to break the log jam".