Originally Posted by
NJGov
So an MOU (that is, 25-05 for Quick Slips) that wasn't designed to actually do anything but interpret language of an existing PWA area - somehow created an entirely new step in the coverage ladder? How did that happen except because the MEC wanted it to and made an exception to practice?
It was a grievance settlement. Grievance settlements can interpret and create language. There were members of the MEC, the ATLCA Rep being one of them, who objected to it not going to memrat. Section 6 negotiations MUST go to MEMRAT. Period. NO exceptions. I don't know what else to tell you.