The bargaining committee wanted to catch everyone up fully on what happened yesterday and the background. AP approached us nearly two weeks ago to bargain off the record with the hopes of reaching a deal by Dec. 15. They claimed that they had some extra money they had to spend
Yesterday was a mentally exhausting and ultimately very disappointing day. The bargaining went past 11pm last night and while we did reach tentative agreements on most things, we did not reach an overall deal. There are a lot of good things in what was agreed to, and we will have
The bargaining committee is excited to share details of the progress that we have made over the past two weeks. We have conquered a lot of ground, but there is still much to do. Everything we are about to share still remains contingent on finalizing economics, including wages, health care