Look lets just call this one a truce, however I do believe that it was the Unite that came to the company asking for the strike to be stopped.
We can argue about the reasons why, however it seems that the company could run a pretty normal schedule on both the affected strike days (I have a good friend in the NO) and that the crew really didin't want to strike.
I think this is the best outcome and I think that both sides have learnt from this.
Remember the next pay talks start the beginning or March 09. It's not long, however it long enough for us to elect good people to represent us
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