Anyone thinking EZ, or any airline for that matter, will pay you well because they're nice or because they're short on pilots, is wrong. Any money they'll pay you will be deduced from their bonuses. This is a mere transfer of charges.
If you guys don't fight, thinking "you have to be modern, you have to adapt to an ever changing world, if you demand too much you'll be losing it all", you'll be the suckers in that bullies game. Therefore, you must defend your positions, for you own sake and for the rest of the pilots' community. Even if BALPA cannot get in a perfect straight line with the French and the German, still they should try and come with more convergence and get a firm grip on your management's stance.