But it wasn’t an LOA, but a grievance settlement. After MD unilaterally settled one of the scope grievances back in 2015 or so, the policy was changed so that all group grievance settlements had to go before the MEC. MEC chairs no longer have the authority to settle grievances. That means everyone gets to talk to the committees handling it and they have their chance to tell the MEC why or why not this is a good idea.

My guess is that after hearing what the committees thought, as well as the lawyers, that was the path the MEC decided was the one they decided was most prudent. My other guess is the actual facts, as told by the people were actually preparing the case, which includes all of the notes, that there was considerable jeopardy in the outcome.

The last big group grievance was the RJ grievance, which despite being sold by my then rep as a “sure thing” actually turned out worse for us, and that’s not even including the loss of whatever it was we might have gained as a settlement.