Eh, they "agreed" to it is hardly an argument against them complaining about it. Ownership's job is to exploit the agreement to their financial benefit. Just because you agreed to it doesn't mean you should be okay with however it is implemented. Also, it is standard operating procedure to let it be known what you are unhappy about in advance of negotiations. A few thoughts: - Go ahead and complain, but you only create greater acrimony when it comes time to bargain. - Just because something is a SOP doesn't mean its a good idea. - Both sides seek to exploit CBA's and the inevitably vaguely defined terms and concepts contained therein; its not exclusive to management. If you weren't a Cubs fan you would not care. The only people taking offense to this "posturing" are Cubs management and Cubs fans.