But arbitration costs $50k/day. My union can afford that, but the much smaller union our supervisors are in cannot, so they’ll likely get screwed with the lowball offer.
and to think, they could just not lowball you in the first place and they probably wouldn't have to pay hundreds of thousands in arbitration costs on top of your raises
I do not understand our state finances. Last year, we reported a $3b surplus in the state budget, but the state is also $16b in arrears to our education system (it’s part of WA state constitution that the state pays fully for the ed dept, but they never have and the debt keeps piling up.)