President Eddy Campbell tells Tide News a cooling off period is needed for the bargaining teams who have been working very hard to try and resolve this.
He says like everyone on any side of this they are upset and disappointed and they need some down time to recharge their batteries.
Campbell says they are very far apart on the issues and he calls it a very bad place to be.
He says their best offer is 9.5 per cent over 4 years and the Union returned with an offer of 26 per cent over 4 years and Campbell says they do not have anywhere near that amount of money.
