Saturday:trust, packaging, grievance, and history

• It's been mentioned numerous times in the postings but it's worth mentioning again that nothing is going to get accomplished without trust.
• I'd like to hear more about packaging offers, but I'm sure that's coming.
• A grievance can only be filed in regards to something that's in the contract. This goes to show how beneficial it is to management to have as thin of a contract as possible.
• The fact that collective bargaining came out of the private sector, but didn't hit the public arena until the late 60's was of interest. It really didn't surprise me that Illinois laws are heavily in the favor of labor as opposed to managment.