Ladies, gentlemen (I use this term loosely), and toddlers.
You all know that management reads these posts. This game of negotiations is long, slow, and definitely frustrating. Our negotiators have yet to have their first meeting with the company and the meditor. Let them do their job. How about we just let these meetings play out, THEN ask them questions and concerns that we have? Unfortunately, we do have to play this game in order to succeed.
Whether we agree with each other or not, we can ALL agree that we do have a common goal so please stop embarrassing yourselves and giving the company ammo.