Originally Posted by Plane Ramrod

Yeah, I have an idea. Hold them to the 12% requirement. If they are in compliance, then we agree with them that we are properly staffed, and we will have to negotiate a new percentage or formula next time, or give up something else now with an LOA.

I think a lot of us missed the point of the strike, specifically the "what do you want to give up for that", and the "the pie is only this big" crowd. With an LOA, you may need to give something up to gain something else, but there is value in a strike. We had the right to continue the strike. We should have given up that right for something, but all I kept hearing was "you need to give". And we did, we gave up our right to strike for a sub-par contract... We gave up.