Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
Can anyone explain how a magazine article has anything to do with contract negotiations? Let's just assume that the article is 100% correct, what in the hell difference does it make? Does anyone think someone will actually sit down at a negotiating table and quote this article as some definitive source?
Just to be clear, negotiations are about money and data. You guys argue on webboards and think that negotiations are some PR contest. They are not. There is not one media article that will affect the outcome in any way.
Bottom line; who cares what a stupid magazine says? If it doesn't affect your goals it doesn't affect anyone else's either. If you want to be taken seriously then act serious. This whole argument is fluff.
By this logic, Lee could go to all the media outlets and say we're overpaid and deserve paycuts without any effect on us. Do you agree that he could do that?