Originally Posted by
theUpsideDown
Clearly its already been leaked to you. *Shrug*. If it gets us to mediation faster and a contract faster then ask for 5 billion more next time. I was pretty excited to get mediation started, rather than dragging this crap out. If Covid hadn't happened we'd probably be within a year of a contract right now.
Your assumption on what speeds up contact progress has been shown to be very wrong based on past history. Keep in mind the zone of reasonableness the NMB has long preached. Here is a quote from the current head of the NMB.
"Traditionally, both sides start by exchanging unrealistic proposals that unreasonably raise people's expectations," she said. "Moving to what I call the 'zone of reasonableness' takes a long time and uses up lots of energy. With interest-based bargaining, both parties start in that zone of reasonableness and stay there. They focus on solving problems -- not wish lists -- and the discussions tend to be much more fruitful."
Last edited by sailingfun; 09-25-2020 at 05:15 AM.