I see a problem with the "we" let it die part... If "we" is the MEC, how many times can I count on the MEC to represent us all? What if more people don't like how it plays out than do like how it plays out, but the MEC can't see it that way...? Like when they settled the JV grievance for a few bucks and then gave the bulk of those bucks to the senior-highest-paid guys for whom the violation(s) didn't even affect?
Your vote is the only thing you can control, and what the MEC may choose to do later may not be anything you have much say about...