I really hope they haven’t gamed it out that way. Agree to start negotiations early, slow roll us on everything that matters, jointly file for mediation, and then point to how they’ve been trying to help us out, but we are just unreasonably asking for dramatically better compensation than FedEx is providing.

I’m cautiously optimistic, but at the end of the day I know what it will take to get my yes vote, what I would vote no for, and what would drive me to actively campaign against a TA. Hopefully, the EB won’t endorse a TA that would result in the latter two options. They have our survey feedback, so this shouldn’t be rocket science, aside from convincing the company to sign off on a good contract. That might be rocket science.