Originally Posted by
Invisible Man
By being forced by a BK judge I mean not one ruling made by a BK judge went in favor of the employees. So when management dropped the contract with the pay rates in it and said sign here or we go to the judge. They had no real choice. Forced.
IM
True, but that doesn't change the FACT that the judge didn't "force" the rates on them. It was what the MEC decided to take it down to, not the judge.
When you say "management dropped the contract with the rates", what do you mean? The company doesn't set the rates. It's a negotiated medium agreed on by the MEC and the company, even during a concession. If the company set the rates, they would be lower than what the groups agreed to.
I get the impression you haven't been through this process.