Well, it's kinda like playing poker and stuff.

Perception is reality...after the "no" vote; take a deep breath, relax, and the first one to talk loses...basic negotiating 101 stuff.

Allow the union(s) to do their respective jobs and initiate their mitigation plans should such a "no" vote occur.

Stop empowering the company negotiators by assuming the worst and cowering like a bunch of panzies what-iffing our own concocted doomsday scenarios....they have something to gain via this transaction or they would not have come to the point they have. They have certainly not reached their point of diminishing returns on the first offer, to assume they have is strategically, well...dumb.

Cheers,
Horhay