Translation: When you voted for your rep, that's all the direction you'll ever be permitted to give. When the reps give their direction to the negotiating committee prior to negotiations, that's the end of their input...even if the negotiators don't follow the direction. Reps should then vote down the TA you say? Can't do that because management doesn't respect negotiators who don't have full support of the MEC.

I've posted the exact language, so you already know whether it's a language improvement or not. But with you, the language doesn't matter anyway because: "The Dude supports his MEC"...right?

Carl