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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1130164" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>We are paying them to negotiate a contract.</p><p></p><p>Negotiating a contract... is a cross between a game of chicken and high-stakes poker.</p><p></p><p>If you decided to stake a professional poker player in a tournament in return for a share of the winnings...would you then stand behind him and look over his shoulder at the cards he is holding and then loudly try to tell him how he should play the hand?</p><p></p><p>Information control is a critical part of negotiating a contract. You dont want the other side to know where you stand or what you will settle for. And you sure as hell dont want to undermine your negotating committees position by publicly criticizing them or demanding to know every single detail of what they are bargaining for.</p><p></p><p><strong>Your voice will be heard when it is time to cast your ballot. </strong>You will also have an opportunity to vote for new leadership if you feel that the offers they have negotiated on your behalf are not in your best interest. Until then, the <em>best</em> course of action for the rank and file is to drink a nice, big glass of <strong>STFU</strong> and let the professionals on the Negotiating Committee do their job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1130164, member: 14668"] We are paying them to negotiate a contract. Negotiating a contract... is a cross between a game of chicken and high-stakes poker. If you decided to stake a professional poker player in a tournament in return for a share of the winnings...would you then stand behind him and look over his shoulder at the cards he is holding and then loudly try to tell him how he should play the hand? Information control is a critical part of negotiating a contract. You dont want the other side to know where you stand or what you will settle for. And you sure as hell dont want to undermine your negotating committees position by publicly criticizing them or demanding to know every single detail of what they are bargaining for. [B]Your voice will be heard when it is time to cast your ballot. [/B]You will also have an opportunity to vote for new leadership if you feel that the offers they have negotiated on your behalf are not in your best interest. Until then, the [I]best[/I] course of action for the rank and file is to drink a nice, big glass of [B]STFU[/B] and let the professionals on the Negotiating Committee do their job. [/QUOTE]
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