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Depending on which MEC you believe, this is one of many items not cherry picked because the NW negotiating committee was pretty much ignored for most of the negotiations prior to the formation abort and subsequent solo launch of LOA19. Later on we can start *****ing about why we didn't keep NW retiree medical and computer bidding and displacement rights..

Additional factor - It's a NW Policy and not contractual.