Originally Posted by
asacimesp
How many times do we have to reiterate this?.... "WE" can't pull down anything. The MEC can. Do you trust them??? Well if you do then you're a fool because elections are coming up and we don't even know who it will be. If the company likes the idea don't think they won't try and pull some sort of "horse trade" that the MEC can't pass up. "Here's an extra dime in perdiem for allowing us to continue this.... don't worry we'all never take advantage of it like that....oh wait" or "here's some 4th floor jobs for you if you let us continue this". If you don't think this can happen you are naive.
"Well.... we never thought they would do that.....". Does that sound familiar to anyone???
The company can negotiate for anything they want at any time with the MEC. That's why we elect reps to represent us. We can delete it from the TA and they can ask for it the next day.