Originally Posted by
davidsthubbins
Just because a status quo strike is a completely separate from the NMB release doesn't mean one can't affect the other. How do you know we're not going to anger the mediators? If your job was to mediate negotiations between 2 parties and 1 party took it upon themselves to forge their own path a mere weeks before you set a date, would you form an opinion?
It doesn't matter how separate the issues are...my guess is opinions will be formed.
I don't quite see your logic. Why would the mediators care if we forge our own path? First, the status quo strike is not even the goal of the mediators... Their goal is a contract. If anything, I think they would see a status quo strike as proof that the employees are so fed up with the company that they are willing to risk their careers to stop the company's shenanigans. It is substantiating evidence, not incriminating evidence, and I believe it would give them an ADDITIONAL reason to release us.