The industry might agree to savings in 2020 to bolster those negotiated in 2017, only to confront a new round of requests in 2022 or 2023. Any extension in 2020 will mean the industry just pays again for the 'certainty' it already has until mid-2022.
The price of paying twice or three times for the same 'certainty'
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