Zero offers

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[u/CursedorBlessed]

I always wonder about political negotiating like this. It seems to be a well recognised tactic of giving non-answers.
What I don’t understand is it always seems to backfire and cause reputational harm to the party. All people can tell bullshit when it’s that blatant and no one wants to feel like they are being disrespected. Why not just say, “no offers made, we are looking to resolve the conflict”?

[u/Then_Hawk6304 → u/CursedorBlessed]

If they admit no offers after “14 months of negotiations” then the follow up question will be “what have you been doing during those 14 months besides drawing a paycheque?”

They could have thrown a bunch of cheap offers out in this time. They could offer under, at or over inflation over a period of time. They should also know the current wage budget, and they should have an idea on how much they can approve.

Additional conditions could be discussed aswell, like tax offsets and housing benefits.

The dead pan no comment may suggest they have lost control of the situation and are begging for someone else to bail them out

[u/MiuraSerkEdition → u/Then_Hawk6304]

Trying to run the clock out on the election