If you suggest vacation sell back....to address the jobs aspect while retaining the economic offset....offering a selective 'buy back' to the company may be acceptable to the group.
Anyone reading this ta should arrive at the conclusion staffing is the big issue.
Okay...first to keep in mind is staffing problems ARE NOT permanent condition...so the 'solutions' should not be installed in our pwa as permanent concessions.
Anything done in the pwa to offer relief in addressing the current staffing issues should be limited, and have sunset language attached.
You want to put vacation buy back on the table? Okay....allow the company to buy back vacation weeks in the categories where the staffing issues are critical. That way the job count should not be negatively impacted, as the buy back is only occurring in those categories where staffing is short....
and the presumption is the company would be hiring to fill those shortages.
We make a huge mistake when we install permanent changes to our pwa for temporary problems.