Originally Posted by
Elevation
What's unclear to me is why anyone talking to us about this now, and with no specific information. The opinion that matters at this point is the arbitrator's. We haven't seen the proposal which was made, so what is gained by saying "An unspecified number is too much of not enough!"?
Obviously both sides need our opinions swayed on something. Otherwise we wouldn't be getting these emails. If we have no vote on the contract, is this an attempt to influence internal politics?
Seems odd.
Good point, they could have just said they’ll look it the numbers. I can see two reasons. The company can say “If the union would just be reasonable we could have this done.” Which would seem to be a divide and conquer program against the union. Or they might be trying to set some limits for the arbitrator.