Going by their own information, it seems they have been forced to answer the "insulting" proposal they received in July.
That may mean they will be in the area of defending and minimizing the "insults," if they're working off the Company proposal as their updates suggest.
Agreed. Going by there own narrative (Some of which I have cited as fake, from what I know), the membership knows the following:
Event Timeline Capsule
1. July
The company gave a comprehensive proposal in July
2. August/September
a. Special key person informs Nelson that there is a AIG and that Fleet is basically done. It goes viral and members assumed a AIG was a TA.
b. DFW Local put out a letter talking around what I said. Never denying what I said, while making other claims. This went viral as well
c. Because of mass confusion, Company puts out a letter explaining the July Proposal and that there is no agreement because the Association hasn't responded.
d. Sito puts out letter saying the company proposal was garbage.
September
a. Alex wet his pants introducing the anti union Sito at the TWU convention
b. Sito, the ex TWA guy who is a TWU hater slammed his fist on the podium claiming that he did respond by tossing the proposal in the garbage.
November
a. GP gets Bulletin Board TA'd, and gets "Uniforms" TA'd, and puts out a video making fake claims of great progress and that a whole TA may happen before January 1
b. Weez bites hard on it and spreads the word of a possible TA by January
December
The Association admits in its pre-Christmas update that it is in fact NOT negotiating anything but only involved in discussions with the company since it did not prepare a counter proposal. Actually, they did meet face to face but the discussions were not between the company and union but between the different work groups. After 3 tough years, GP finally secured Dues check off. He must be overjoyed but I hope his inexperience doesn't get the best of him and claim a January TA.
Association claims it will now prepare a counter proposal and make sure that the scope of MX doesn't cross over to Fleet and vice versa.
So, according to their own narrative, the company was awaiting a professional response for 5 months and refused to recognize Sito's "Barbie Tantrum". Sito had to go back and take the proposal out of the garbage and they will now start preparing in January for a counter proposal.
Conclusion: Morons. We have Morons on our team