Originally Posted by
StoneQOLdCrazy
Not exactly. In fact, how did you say it, you "missed the mark by a wide margin."
DALPA and Delta are contractually compelled to jointly file for mediation 90 days after the amendable date. In theory this prevents eternal slow rolling by mgmt. Had nothing to do with "DALPA [becoming] more entrenched." Anyway, I view it as a positive when my bargaining agent is "entrenched" against an anti-union cheapskate mgmt team.
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Not exactly. DALPA & management
jointly filed for mediation before that 90-day requirement, because Delta’s management had only agreed to a whopping $27 Million in contract improvements, and was not moving
one inch on anything meaningful. They saw the huge ask from DALPA (who based their table positions on
multiple years of $6 BILLION+ annual profits), so Mgmt dug in their heels hard. They indicated they would not negotiate further and would file for mediation. DALPA saw the writing on the wall and determined it was in their best interest there to jointly file a little early.
Listen the the Engage podcast where the Negotiating Chairman lays this all out
Here, and hear it from the horse’s mouth.
Buck Rogers was essentially correct in his post, in that COVID paused mediation for
2 full years when we did not
want to be negotiating anyway. So saying Delta spent 3 years in mediation is, frankly, ignorant at best and grossly misleading at worst.