Originally Posted by
RockyMtMadDog
Eight reps lied to you. I'm not saying it would have passed absent that. None of us know, but sales jobs work both ways. Plain enough answer? And as we can see from the latter half of this thread, guys like FTB were so "woefully misinformed", they didn't even understand what they voted for and are now in denial about the facts.
Rocky,
With all due respect, "eight reps lied to you" is a poor excuse for why the Tentative Agreement failed. Frankly, I'm not buying it. Mr. Anderson is much too smart of a business person/CEO to want a contract that passes MEMRAT by 50% + 1 voter.
My opinion. (Take it for what it's worth, as everyone has 'em and mine probably stinks.) D-ALPA was too confident in this passing MEMRAT. They chose NOT to take it at its net worth, and in my opinion, neglected what their constituency had asked for in an agreement.
We all know the outcome. We'll be back at the table no later than January 2016, and next time, I hope MY bargaining agent doesn't come back telling me - yelling at me - "this is the best you're gonna get".