Originally Posted by dondk

We kicked off Section 6 in December 2004 (6 months early as allowed). Some will say it was all smoke and mirrors as 1 year later (Dec 05) the company walked away from the table for 6 or so months.

My math comes up to 4 years 8 months. Of which we have had several breaks where there was ZERO negotiations. The actual time at the table is probably closer to 3 years.

for the giggles, the largest period of successful negotiations occurred in 2006. Not much before and not much after. Most of the language is already 3 years old.