Originally Posted by
satchip
Let's face it guys, the money is good. To us that weren't' here for C2K it's astounding. If that's all I cared about I'd be voting yes.
But when you peel back the onion you begin to cry. The money isn't growth money, it's replacement money. Every penny of increase in these pay rates comes from somewhere else in the contract. Profit sharing, scope losses, and productivity gains for the company plus the other employee groups profit sharing finances every last penny. In other words, every penny raise is taken directly from the back pocket of someone else. Is that what we are about?
Exactly right. I was overall quite pleased when I saw the money.
How incredibly disappointing when you start to peel back the layers. It's all about increasing productivity with less premiums while also giving the company more leeway in areas they wanted.
If slowplay would look around that FDX thread, they were at first upset with their progress, but they have attained some perspective that maybe their path isn't as bad as it seems with what we are giving up to get this quick TA. The UA comment he had was the only positive one, the rest were saying "no no no!" particularly with the LCA holdback thing (one of their biggest desires to fix).