Rather than negotiate, management chose to have FWA impose a determination
And thats the truly bizarre management behaviour.
If I ran a business that was really, truly hurting and looked like collapsing the first thing I would do is sit down with my employees and say we need to strike a more affordable deal.
That would likely involve pay cuts and productivity increases.
If it really IS that dire, why hasn't there been any attempt to negotiate reforms with ALL key employee groups?
A longer term agenda at play me thinks...