Originally Posted by eaglefly

Christmas can-kicking is possible, even likely. APA has previously made a "mid-December" (end of this coming week) schedule in the timeline, but also has muddied that water by saying they are willing to negotiate as long as Parker is. The strategy for Parker may be to spoon feed extremely minor items, yet not proffer arbitration (or threaten its imminence) until after the holidays thus leading the APA down a primrose path. It's another one of the bad places they've put themselves in with regard to leverage and strategy. The are still playing by Parker and Glasses rules. If Glassker isn't willing to make some meaningful changes by the end of next week, APA needs to disengage and make a statement indicating Glassker isn't willing to make any meaningful changes and that they are awaiting an imminent announcement by Glassker of their intention to proffer arbitration. If they proffer, fine. If they don't, well...............that says A LOT about their interest in it.

APA needs to stop their milquetoast approach when dealing with the serpent.

Any claims of "Section 6" being a relationship factor here are irrelevant and simply an excuse for intransigence. EVERYTHING is negotiable. Managements and unions negotiate Letters-of-Agreement (LOA) that affect contractual items all the time outside section 6. By end of next week, we need to commit to one direction or the other.