Originally Posted by
plzdontfireme
I honestly think they were a little sad when we rejected their offer which would have had us surrender the pension, scope, vacations, bump for training, and any hope of industry leading pay for the rest of the decade.
Makes sense no doubt, but unfortunately management is winning either way for the time being when offering some higher pay/proposed cuts (voted down) or a multi-year delayed contract. Hopefully you will gain a great contract and definitely back pay as a must to even up the losses.