Originally Posted by bay982
Before a contract expires, the union should have completed a new one, ALREADY vetted and approved by membership. We should have done all the legwork and be ready to go. We then submit it to the company. We have exactly one meeting with a mediator, during which we let him know that our offer is the minimum we’ll accept. This is our ask. There’s nothing to mediate. If it’s not acceptable we stop work as soon as the ‘cooling off’ period expires.
That's not how "negotiations" works, and it darn sure isn't how negotiations works under the RLA.
This kind of bargaining attitude would result in being placed on ice by NMB and *never* released into a cooling-off period.
Looks tough on the internet, tho