And inaccurate. While correct that it was a conference call and not a special meeting, it is inaccurate that the Neg ch and MEC ch acted contrary to the will the MEC expressed during the conference call with regards to profit sharing. Not a single rep wrote otherwise in the varied opinions expressed after the TA. If you can produce one signed council comm (still available on the Council web pages) that states that the MEC ch and Neg ch acted contrary to the will the MEC expressed on the May 12th Conf call, with regards to monetizing profit sharing, then show it.

Furthermore, the insinuation that the MEC couldn't call, or was convinced not to call, a special meeting flies in the face of previous action. From a C20 Update (when the C20 reps attempted to block a normal negotiator election so that the C2012 Neg com would not be challenged)

"A MEC informational conference call was scheduled for Tuesday, July 5th. The topic of the conference call was to discuss possible negotiating committee elections. A majority of the MEC viewed this method of communication as an impractical and unfeasible method to determine an issue of this magnitude.

Per the MEC Policy Manual one third of the MEC, voting members, can call a special meeting. Two thirds of the MEC requested a MEC Special Meeting in lieu of an informational conference call in writing to the MEC Chairman."


Yet these same reps supposedly accepted a conference call on monetizing profit sharing in lieu of a special meeting. Nope, sorry, that doesn't add up.

On their next update they state that they were against a negotiator election:

"The representatives in DTW, MSP, SEA, and Captain Brian Craig (ATL) voted against holding a negotiating committee election."

It's interesting that the 5 no votes on the TA were so enamored with the negotiating committee that negotiated C2012, that they attempted to block a normal election cycle.

Additionally, contrary to the fiction that is being spread by some here that the MEC ch and Neg ch TA'd the agreement, that is also false. The MEC ch did not TA the agreement, that was done by the Negotiating Committee in their offices, with the MEC ch out of the room. The four committee members voted unanimously to TA the agreement and send it to the MEC.