Imposed contract i am looking at 5.16 dollars an hour cut. With the TA, I'm looking at a $2.78 an hour cut. At 75 hours a month that is the difference between losing $387 a month and $208.5 a month. So about a 46% reduction in my paycut between.

Saving a $178.50 a month isn't much, but that could be the difference in someone being able to keep a car or apartment. If they were to impose and it took ONLY 2 years to negotiate a new contract, I would lose a minimum of 4300 dollars. (That isn't counting the year of longevity is gained back with the TA right away. So it is probably closer to 5000dollars lost.)

So whatever got negotiated from the imposed terms would have to be pretty good to restore the 4300 I lost over the 2 years of negotiations. I just don't have to see that happening.

My vote was cast a couple days ago.