If anyone believes in the "follow the money" theory, the big money is betting on a TA. The stock is up a couple of hundred percent and I believe Wall St. is betting on you ratifying the TA. I hope that these road shows prove that five years was worth the wait for you.

Given that it took five years of negotiations, you could very well be signing a contract that you live under for the next nine years. If COL goes up 3-5% a year, that means that your purchasing power will be up to 45% less in nine years. If the contract doesn't keep up for that, you will be making less in nine years effectively than you are now. Then there are the other biggies, scope, retirement, work rules. Think how these will be nine years from now when you vote.