Originally Posted by
Check Essential
I understand about not negotiating in public. That's fine.
But just like the CDO/split duty thing -- this change to bidding with check airmen would be a pretty major change to our contract. There's no good reason to keep it secret. All they would have to do is put out a short memo saying that it is under consideration. No commitment one way or the other.
That wouldn't compromise the negotiations.
Sure there is and the reason is in your previous sentence. That CDO debacle showed the MEC administration that they must keep things secret to keep the members from activating their reps. They still believe that if they can paint our reps into a corner again with a signed TA, members will ultimately ratify. The success of that strategy hinges on secrecy, then denial if the secrets are ever leaked.
Carl