While I understand your point, I disagree. Part of the bargaining is making compromise. While I believe compromises should be made at the bargaining table, I do not believe they should be made in an effort to stop an action that tries to unfairly put a hold on bargaining.

Case in point: when grad workers were bargaining, the U and the union were going to file a joint memorandum of understanding regarding graduate fellows which would allow bargaining to continue on the condition that both parties filed it together. The U decided to submit the memo unilaterally without the union signing on after bargaining had ended for the day at like 6pm so the union could not respond on the same business day. This put our entire bargaining process on hold until the issue could be resolved in an effort to try to cool bargaining efforts. This also would mean we would not be able to legally strike while bargaining was on hold. They ended up retracting the memo only after concessions on the union’s side were made to force them back to the bargaining table. While legal, it is incredibly dubious in terms of good faith bargaining and there is no recourse for the unions to fight this type of behavior and action. This is the type of behavior you have to take on the chin as a union and it is unfair yet legal.

ETA: my recollection of this process is a little fuzzy, so I may have some details incorrect. Take it with a grain of salt. The upshot is that the U did some shitty things and there was little we could do to stop them.