This week, we met in Federal Mediation in Chicago. The parties made substantial progress on all outstanding issues and are very close to a final Tentative Agreement. We are down to several open issues which we anticipate resolving at our next Mediation session in Washington, DC, from March 24^th to the 27^th. We expect we will be able to reach a complete Tentative Agreement at that session. 

We met last week in Chicago from February 10th-12th for Federal Mediation to continue our push for a revised Tentative Agreement. In this update, we want to provide insight of where we are in bargaining and what to expect moving forward.

Since we started bargaining in October, we have worked through many of the non-economic issues. These include fixes to language in areas such as Hotels and electronic notifications. Those discussions have gone well overall, and we have made progress in improving contractual language.

Last week, we met in Federal Mediation in Chicago to continue our push for a revised Tentative Agreement.

Discussions at the beginning of the week focused on the remaining non-economic issues, including hotels and electronic notifications. We have made progress in these areas and will now move on to the next phase of negotiations. As is typical, economic provisions, including pay rates and major work rules, are discussed towards the end of negotiations.