But tsquare isn't alone. IMO, there's a pattern you just can't ignore:

1. Management wants something without negotiating for it.
2. So management makes first small assault on the relevant contract section.
3. Management apologists start by defining it as very small and not worth fighting over
4. Management increases the assault and violation.
5. Management apologists say: "well, the precedence is set...we'll fix it next contract."
6. Management apologists say: "stop complaining, you voted for it...by voting for your reps."

Just like the error chain in an accident, the fix here is to break the chain with item 2. No matter how seemingly small, break the chain at step 2. It's not going nuclear, nor bloodying a nose, nor going to defcon 4 or other such blather. It's simply honoring and enforcing a contract. Good contracts make good partnerships. Fear of honoring a contract is a recipe for disrespect from the other side of the partnership.

Carl