What we deserve isn't really definable because there are an infinite number of opinions and variables that make up that value. And we lost the healthcare fight the same time the company (and I would argue the country) did...the day Obamacare started. Finally, our pension is not being reduced. Part of it isn't changing and the other part was increased. You could argue that the predicted value of our A plan will be less in the future, but you can't argue that the company is shrinking our pension. Predicted rates of inflation are shrinking the potential value of our pension. What those rates will be, and whether they will be offset by the combined increase in our payrates and the eventual 2% increase in our B plan is unknown.
Side note, but did anyone else notice the predicted rate of inflation for 2015 is .1%?