This isn’t that hard.
The HKAOA presents a reasonable contract which has a real and retroactive inflationary adjustment, restoration of 13thh month, RPs which make sense, benefits which make sense, clarity and restoration of housing and baseline which advances and takes care of the membership without division.
At the first whiff of Bullsh!t from the other side it is time to leave and perhaps go fishing or rafting or whatever you like to do for the next few months. With a cal us when you’re really ready to make a deal. Although it might be tough to get a call when you’re in the hills fishing.
Rhetoic dont cut it. No one believes them anyway. Trust is a two way street.