Polax52 is 100% INCORRECT...his is a recitation of revisionist history from his former MEC leadership. In fact, the STN LOA was signed and T/A'd by the previous Atlas MEC headed by Greg Amussen, a friend of the former Polar MEC Chairman Bob Fell. When that T/A failed, the NMB allowed the new MEC, headed by Bourne, to only fix enough things in the failed agreement to make it pass. The STN LOA was not among them.
By virtue of the new contract being ratified in total, Bourne was required to sign the entire document. You cannot pick and choose what sections of a contract to sign and refuse to sign.
As to his new representation by the Teamsters, Captain Bourne works for Mr. Hoffa. It's fairly obvious to anyone who reads the public filings that your previous leaderships arbitration claims are full of hot air in regards to your belief that you can control your certificate and ownership. One can surmise that the legal department of the Teamsters was not born yesterday either and will soon advise you of the same. Which will leave Polar crewmembers with a dilemma. Either to suck it up, admit they were hoodwinked by their former leadership and get on with their careers, or refuse to be represented, in which case they simply should not join the union and refuse to pay their dues.
If history is a guide, they will capitulate, just as they did in 2005 when their Chairman, in a stunningly brave move, caved in to management less than 36 hours into a 30 day cooling off period which ended up costing their crewmembers over 200 jobs.