The contract proposal is simply bizarre. I have to assume it's just a stalling technique. They probably figure it'll take our negotiating team a year to fight all this BS and start the real negotiations. It seems to me that the company's goal was 1) stall the process and 2) lower our expectations and make us think that any of the little battles we win are actually battles won

The union is filing for Mediation immediately following this proposal from the company. Let's see where mediation takes us.