Standard Eastern management EBA "negotiation" style:
Step 1. Ensure EBA expired a couple of years ago so significant back pay is at stake
Step 2. First offer is so crap and full of loop holes it will get voted down
Step 3. Next offer is even worse, but vote it up or you will lose your back pay
Guaranteed to get the desired result every time.
It's why I left the joint 8 years ago, and haven't looked back since.