Originally Posted by hummingbear

We’re far too proud of that statistic, IMO. The original TA had many supporters in its early days who advocated for a “take what we can now & get the rest next time” approach.

The AA offer was the first big turning point that illustrated to many people how badly we had undervalued ourselves in negotiations. By the time we actually voted on TUMI many months later, the company had explicitly stated they were going to improve their offer, so the vote was little more than a procedural matter to put us back at the negotiating table- with both sides essentially endorsing a no vote. The TA would very likely have still failed absent that assurance from management, but I don’t think the no vote would have been anywhere near 90%.