Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
I've never been a fan of mediation. It is just another delay tactic. Plus mediation is never binding. Now if you mean arbitration or binding arbitration - absolutely not! It is way too easy for arbitrators to become one with the side who has the keys to the cash register.
Carl
Carl.
In your quest to get to self help(which I'm not opposed to) mediation, THEN a proffer of binding arbitration are necessary to get to the ultimate goal. Oh and that takes at least a year or more after exhausting the negotiations. Or do you just want to fast forward to a great contract by the amendable date?

I wish it were that simple