I realise it hurts genx and Jethro, but your Union just took a major step towards being a professional partner.
I don't mean that in some condescending way, I mean it in that the ALAEA are looking for solutions to keep jobs in a high cost environment. You can yell and scream and do all the traditional things that Unions do, that will just hasten the process. You have to find a new way of doing things and like it or not that is what the ALAEA are trying.
And no, they can't go to the floor with the proposal first. They need to find something that COULD keep your jobs and then bring it back. Avalon is a disaster to try and keep afloat, the whitespace is a killer. Give Steve and the ALAEA credit for tying to find something to keep you going.
True, you may not like it. But the alternative is very clearly to shutdown.
Neither are particularly palatable choices, but that choice is one that is and has been staring you in the face for some time. Fortunately you have a mature level of management in your Union who are obviously trying to find genuine solutions.