Help me out here. What does "hurry" mean? Not trying to be obtuse or anything like that, just wondering. When I read this over and over, it seems that the writers (that use the word hurry) have a time frame in mind and I wonder what that time frame is. If the company came to us tomorrow and said a 25% pay increase and no other changes to the contract, would that be acceptable? Is that "hurrying"? Do the negotiators just have to wait 6 months or 9 months or a year to get a TA? Does that make the company sweat or something?

I agree that we have leverage, and I trust the negotiators to use that leverage, but I think that them just saying no to drag out negotiations for some unknown reason is foolish. YMMV