Sorry if I misunderstood your post, however I think the company would agree to allow us to limit their use of standby periods (phantom or not) during peak, right after they agree to improve our A plan. Just not going to happen.
I was a no voter by the way, not that it should matter.
As far as sick "abuse", I agree with you except I don't think the company really feels there is a problem. Abuse is just a term they us as an excuse to harass and intimidate us into not calling in sick when we should.