Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
It is entirely likely negotiations would not have started until late spring/early summer 2021, like they did for FDX, with joint application for NMB mediation delayed accordingly and no guarantee the NMB would have assigned us a mediator.
Just to add a bit of clarity to FDX starting in May of 2021, our contract wasn't amendable until Nov 2021. Our CBA dictates that openers can't start more than 180 days prior to the amendable date unless both parties agree to it. Our openers happened 180 days prior to the amendable date. We entered into expedited mediation 14 months later with the NMB.