You guys crack me up. All of this hand wringing during contract negotiations.

We will not hear anything positive of substance out of management unless our "legacy partners" decide that we should. Management does not want to give us anything to hope for until they get what they want in the next contract. Our expectations are being managed to a low level with fear. Don't expect anything positive and wait for the next TA. Management will withhold any positive news as long as they can unless they think it will help them in negotiations. All communications from management is carefully crafted to achieve a certain result from us.

Management is managing - our expectations.