Originally Posted by
gloopy
I do too. In the distance between, however, is a whole host of poison pills that the company is turning into "religious issues". Those little nuggets would sink this TA even if we got our current positions on pay/vaca/etc. Splitting the difference on those and then keeping the poison pills will lead to a flagrant rejection. IMO if they dropped ALL of the poison pills and split the difference in pay and kept vaca at 3:45 pay AND CREDIT it would probably MEMRAT.
But they won't do that. So we will have to instead work towards a legal strike. That's their call.
The NC committee can jump up and down with the NMB and the company in the room and tell them the current offer, as a whole, will not pass but nothing will convince them and substantiate the claims like another 65/35 rejection. Maybe the NC should just bring out a TA, the MEC passes it on for MEMRAT without endorsement and then let us vote on it. Of course:
1) The TA might actually pass MEMRAT and we are stuck with it; or
2) The TA gets voted down and we start another circus show like the last time with recalls and shuffling of the deck chairs on the Titanic.
So, if neither of the above occur, it seems like we continue proceeding down the "no concession" track which certainly has a cost. The cost for "no concessions" is quickly becoming the loss of full retro and the perpetual continuation of C2012. Those who think we can get both are quickly losing touch with reality.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out...and when. I have a feeling we might see a TA by 2018 and it will look pretty similar to where we are now. Hope I'm wrong but...