Originally Posted by
SharpestTool
Sure. That assumes this is a one-way negotiation. In my world I realize that we are negotiating, not demanding. The company has there wants and demands just like we do. There going to get some of their requirements met, we're going to get ours. 2 way street.
But in coming up with a dollar value of the TA and applying that to the pay rates only would, by definition, take 100% of the company's financial concerns into account. They were all part of the up and down costing of every section. We'd be effectively paying to undo the concessions with full value reductions from the pay rates. Why on earth would they object to that? Its the ultimate "cost neutral" approach. It wouldn't cost a penny more than the current TA.