Originally Posted by
hammer pants
Because we didn’t want to negotiate with the “B” team. Ironically the “B” team could have helped us get into mediation quicker which IMHO is the only way we get a new contract.
The B team doesn’t negotiate nor are they authorized to. They play sudoku and delay, delay, delay. Remember, there’s parties requesting mediation and the NMB accepting those parties into mediation, 2 separate events. NMB wouldn’t accept us into mediation if barely any progress was made. So we could take a small pay bump and pension increase or take nothing and be at the same place later this year. I think we made the right choice….🤷♂️