Originally Posted by
Tranquility
I am encouraged that additional bargaining dates weren't added. Hopefully that means if an agreement cannot be reached in the next 3 bargaining rounds (weeks, whatever you want to call them), the NMB might take it to the next level. And, that'll be 1 year in mediation by the end of August....
unfortunately the anti labor national mediation board considers 1 year to be a starting point. there is a long way to go before the nmb will issue a release. think of the one year point as the first trimester of human gestation, you still have two more trimesters to go, eg 2 years.......