Eye of the beholder I guess. No argument that violations must be defended. PWA enforcement is paramount, otherwise the specific language doesn’t matter.

“Not caving” is not the same as achieving job protections, ie improvements. Otherwise described as items that are cleared out of the way, and won’t have to be addressed in Section 6.

Blame it on the company if you want. They certainly could have a JV LOA if they would bring a legitimate proposal. However our “leaders” have been unable to effectively engage them towards such a solution. This is indisputable.

I know, I know, you’re willing to wait as long as it takes to get the right deal...that’s great, and in principle I agree. The divide comes about when we start to question how the two sides might eventually come together.

Just because we enter negotiations doesn’t mean the company is going to “cave” on their end either. Some effective leadership, to include generating/using leverage will eventually be required from the union and the company. As will the ability to get to yes when it’s finally the time for the reps to make the (always) tough decision. Johnson has pre-committed to never get there. His platform is NO. That is not leadership, it’s juvenile, emotional, obstinance.

Like I said, it remains to be seen if this strategy bears fruit. So far I have seen no meaningful gains produced by this MEC.