btw - I agree completely that our management will exploit every loophole. They've been able to do it to us so far, with C'02, in part because those at the table for the Union during negotiations are now on management's side and are essentially giving witness testimony as to the intent of grey areas of the contract.

The Union understands this and has taken significant steps to make sure that it can't happen again.

My point is that no matter how "iron clad" you think your contract is (or can be), there will always be grey areas and situations will always arise that you didn't (or couldn't) have foreseen when the contract was drawn up. With C'02, we have been completely blindsided when these issues have cropped up and unable to defend ourselves. This has changed with the JCBA.