Originally Posted by gatorbird

No, that’s not why our NC and the company didn’t meet face-to-face for 4 months. They didn’t meet because discussions led to a demand of PBS from the company, the mediator wanted to hear it play out, and our NC was not authorized by our MEC to negotiate into an agreement containing PBS language. Put simply, our NC needed time to poll the membership for a possible change in negotiation direction. Notice that after this was accomplished we were back at it in relative short order. We were NEVER “iced”; in fact, the NMB doesn’t even recognize that term! But don’t trust me—ask your rep!