I have sympathy for all working people, anybody that works for a living deserves sympathy.

However, I do not have sympathy for union hard-nosed tactics. Talk with CX and work it out. CX has already retracted the enforcement of the new rules, and to me that's a sign of good faith negotiating. I do not see why union should go ballistic, threaten to strike, and may possibly strike as soon as the 8th, and then refuses to meet with CX management through the help of Labor Department.

I can see the issues: pay cut, harder to live, etc. But on the other hand, CX is also losing money. Unions should realize every cent they squeeze out of the company the company eventually will make cuts elsewhere to make up the differences. Cut quality, cut services, cut routes, etc. At the end, everybody loses.

Do not be like American Autoworkers Union where their resistance to negotiation on cuts ultimatley is the primary reason why American cars can never be competitive or profitable.