Originally Posted by
Nevets
What you wrote does not equate to a cooling off period. As your quote states, there has to be a proffer of arbitration made. Then either party has to decline such proffer. Then the NMB has to relase the parties from mediation. Then they are on the cooling off period. The strike vote is just to increase leverage before getting to the cooling off period. The NMB has NOT released them from mediation, as I understand at least.
Well that's why I said "I believe"
I was just reading the order of things, which you've backed, and the way it was written made it sound as if the vote by the pilots to strike comes after the mediation. Mediation did begin in 2006 and since nothing has happened they did request arbitration. I didn't know if they were done or not with this step. The fact the pilots voted to strike led me to believe so. I'll have to get one of the PNCL guys to chime in.
Jan. 2005 bargaining began
Dec. 2005 "best offer" was made
--pilots rejected offer--
--Company has since stalled talks--
Sep. 2006 Mediation began
<<<somewhere in here arbitration was requested, possibly started and finished iono>>>
Dec. 2007 Pilots voted to strike