Here We Go Again: Another Failure to Negotiate Fairly. Employees have presented nothing but a fair counteroffer—one that would save the CMCMUA over half a million dollars annually while finally putting more money into employees’ paychecks. It’s a proposal that benefits both sides, yet the board and management continue to refuse to meet employees halfway. At this point, it seems they’d rather watch the very people keeping this operation running struggle paycheck to paycheck than agree to a reasonable solution. How is that negotiating in good faith?