My understanding is quite elementary on how that process works, but the way I understand it they (the union) has to vote on it before we can even see it?

But the union lawyer kept saying on the conference call we should take it now - because it would be more money in our pocket now compared to years more of negotiating to only agree on "a little" more compensation then. Which would be a wash as until then we would be getting paid under this contract and could be making more.

Sorry for the big run-on sentence, I'm kind of thinking out loud here.