Scope issues and specific language that explicitly says the company can do whatever they want, if the contract does not preclude it. If (big IF) that specific statement is limited to the scope clause, then I can't see this getting voted down. However, if (and we know the company will do this) it is used against every section of the contract, then it will seriously kill many of the gains.

There is no points system listed, but if the company wanted to keep it, and the contract doesn't preclude them from doing so, then they are looking at a jumble of grievance issues that won't be rectified in any amount of reasonable time. Just look at our issues...they make up crap out of whole cloth and 15 months later we still haven't resolved issues that are pretty clear cut.

Absent the scope issue, I would think this is a pretty decent first contract...problem is, the company said one thing about the PCH issue and we are still waiting on arbitration and will probably lose.