I wouldn't word it like that, but I think it is fair enough to say that in 2010, it was when the TA was struck that that the big mistakes were made. By stopping the strike without us getting a chance to vote on, or even see the TA, it forced the yes vote. Because with a narrow no vote for going back on strike, the negotiating committee would have gone back to the table with perhaps a 52-48 split mandate, instead of the strong 98-2 strike mandate that we gave them.
BUT, Ramrod, you know very well that without Unity and Consensus and a strong mandate behind our negotiators, whoever they are, we don't stand a chance.