Originally Posted by
theUpsideDown
Oh Christ look how defense he gets folks. Negotiating started most responses with some variation on "what sre you willing to give up for blah". And lets face facts, if youve been on this industry long enough and met the people for negotiating teams theyre never guys like you and me looking to just shortcut to the end and go back to work. These are comically obtuse people who really believe if they ask for something crazy theyll get it. Management gets the same kinda folks.
I dont care that you'd do thing different my annoyance is you're assertion the unions way wouldnt work and pretending they were screwing everything up. You have to let negotiators do what theyre doing, the NMB will give you guidance and the union will follow it. Management will too. We were never going to be done on time, it was a stupid promise only neophytes believe in. Give the volunteers a break and let them work.
There is currently no work being done. When the work does start we will have gone from a outstanding negotiating environment to a poor one. Reality is starting to set in for some but at this point delaying as long as possible and holding on to our current contract is probably as good as it will get. The question is how long will the NMB let us stall.