Originally Posted by notEnuf

The language says "If, during any consecutive rolling 18-month period." A single raise in DEC may be the course they choose, however will they give bonuses only to other employees indefinitely going forward? I doubt it, within the following 18 months at least 30% will get a raise.

If in fact your management theory is correct, our union will have grounds to grieve the lack of involvement based on the specific attempt to alter status quo. The resolution to grieve as a group is already written and only requires the MECs support. This would be based on managements actions and the timing would probably be about 4/1/2016 the 8 year historical precedent being on that date. Even if this is unsuccessful the 2016 raise is comparable to the TA, 0. Once this is completed the following years will be very contentious bringing labor issues back as leverage because raises were given to all the already previously restored workgroups putting them well above prebancruptcy rates while one group (us) is excluded. The following 2017 is likely to have at least 30% of the workgroups receiving an increase in that year or 18 month rolling period, and so on.

The TA 3% for 2017 is where you could potentially lose the first 3% but there's a fix for that too. That is 16 months from now and will probably have negotiations closer to finalization if not already done. The 8% for concessions is all you will have lost assuming no retro pay.