So why are you wasting time? We are not opening any other sections. We are not going back and renegotiating any TA'd sections. If you want a full rewrite, then you need to start recalling reps to get a majority who support your position. You will also have to make sure that those reps have a large number of members. At that point, mediation will end because we have started over. We are no longer just stuck and in need of mediation. The NMB will tell us to come back after we have made genuine attempts to negotiate the new sections we have opened. Don't take this as a "we can't do it" response, that is not what it is intended to be. I'm simply saying that if you want to change the direction and open up all sections of the contract, it will require a new MEC. Waiting to vote on a TA that you know you will vote NO for is simply wasting time.