It's a known fact MG would NEVER agree to dues check off but it's NEVER mentioned the union would NEVER agree without dues check off.

MG agreed to dues check off because (insert your reason here).

The union agreed to whatever was on the table when MG agreed to dues check off because now they receive our dues.

MG eats crow while the union clucks around with pride promoting a dump of a TA and they don't care, they have dues. They want a yes vote at any cost to you because they finally have income to pay their own salaries and benefits. And be sure, they would NEVER have agreed to this TA if they were working under it LOL they would have FOUGHT as they keep telling you they did (but nope, they wet themselves when MG agreed to dues check off).

It's all relative.