Originally Posted by Lincoln Osiris

Since you are looking from the outside in you should direct those questions to our mediator. We have been in mediation for a year and a half now and she has been siding with the company almost every step of the way. She has stated numerous times that we will not get released due to the fact that the compensation package with a 43% raise, is the highest since the Railroad Labor Act (apparently) or something to that extent. Since you are from the outside looking in you have probably not seen our unions previous asks and the company's previous proposals. Our union has pushed for way way way above what has been agreed to in the AIP however with this mediator it's not so simple as you make it out to be. Our MEC has fought tooth and nail for almost 3 years on every single detail of this new contract. So to assume that we are just rolling over is a complete exaggeration and the thoughts of someone who doesn't work here and hasn't followed our process and dealings over the last 3 years.

Congratulations on sharing your uninformed opinion.