"the burden to vote on the TA was unduly laid upon your shoulders as to accept or reject the TA."


There was $1.1 billion on offer, so maybe some of us wanted the OPPORTUNITY to vote on that? This decision was monumentally bigger than the 10 votes on the MEC that could determine our path in collective bargaining for the next six years. But they are genuinely sorry that any of us had to stake out a position, because that is something they equate with political suicide.

The date by which both parties agree to jointly petition the NMB is March 31st, not the 1st. Don't show up early and wreck the surprise, genius.