Originally Posted by beis77

I agree that skipping MEMRAT would certainly help potential furloughs the most, by giving folks a chance to bid these options in November. I’m not sure how much flak the MEC will take if they do skip MEMRAT. My LEC rep originally said they were planning on skipping it, but that was before they posted the LOA for all to read and provide opinions. It should pass either way IMO.

if it does go to MEMRAT, the union could negotiate to extend the bidding window to allow for more time to ratify the LOA. Either way, my guess is that the company opens the flood gates when it’s ratified, making all options available far and wide for bidding, but reserving the right to cherry pick where and how many to actually award. Opening the gates so to speak, will help then gauge interest; then they can fine tune where they actually want to apply savings based on staffing.