IMO the company has been dragging their feet and stalling by using unrealistic bargaining positions on purpose for short term financial gain with the intention on settling the contracts this year. They now have a huge cash reserve that they are going to fund some cooked up scheme with. They knew we wouldn't settle for their asks last year. Nobody would have.
I predict they will get the 51 percent solution by the end of summer and we will be voting on it in the fall.
I think full retro is the one thing that we all have unity on. I don't see a contract going through without it.