For several weeks, your Merger Committee has been collaboratively working towards a protocol agreement with APA to guide negotiations for the Seniority List Integration (SLI) going forward. Unfortunately at the last minute, APA insisted on a significant change that would radically change the process you accepted a year ago through ratification of the MOU. Regrettably, because of this change, we now find ourselves at an impasse.
A protocol agreement is intended to establish basic ground rules for the SLI process. We had come to consensus on almost everything contained within the various drafts that had been exchanged between the parties over the past several weeks. With little notice, APA?s Merger Committee demanded USAPA allow APA and the Company the option to modify the Protocol Agreement should APA be certified as the sole bargaining representative by the NMB. In effect, APA wants the ability to negate agreements made in the past, after it has been certified as the single bargaining representative. Changing rules like this would create an unfair situation and subvert the McCaskill-Bond process which was enacted to prevent unfair merger practices that have occurred in the past.
Your USAPA Merger Committee has refused to agree to this demand. With Legal Counsel, we are reviewing all available options to protect you in this process. We will keep you updated on further developments.
USAPA Merger Committee
USAPA, (The ULTIMATE Hypocrite) is now completely out of the picture. No Protocol agreement. Big Surprise.
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A protocol agreement is intended to establish basic ground rules for the SLI process. We had come to consensus on almost everything contained within the various drafts that had been exchanged between the parties over the past several weeks. With little notice, APA?s Merger Committee demanded USAPA allow APA and the Company the option to modify the Protocol Agreement should APA be certified as the sole bargaining representative by the NMB. In effect, APA wants the ability to negate agreements made in the past, after it has been certified as the single bargaining representative. Changing rules like this would create an unfair situation and subvert the McCaskill-Bond process which was enacted to prevent unfair merger practices that have occurred in the past.
Your USAPA Merger Committee has refused to agree to this demand. With Legal Counsel, we are reviewing all available options to protect you in this process. We will keep you updated on further developments.
USAPA Merger Committee
USAPA, (The ULTIMATE Hypocrite) is now completely out of the picture. No Protocol agreement. Big Surprise.
:beer:
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