Originally Posted by
notEnuf
Until an agreement is reached the clauses stay independent, and they should remain so for future negotiations. There is value in removing the punitive effect of the RLA. We will always be getting raises timed with the other employees when we are below the industry average, without concessions and with full profit sharing. Keep it that way.
Cash your profit sharing checks and enjoy, there will never be an 18% year for our fellow employees again.
This is about more than one contract cycle. Our pay will always seek industry average while we capture industry leading profit sharing.
If the company decides to give the non contracts a "bonus" v. a pay raise, we get squat.
I don't think they will give bonuses forever, but they could do it for a couple of years.
IOW, I would not put much faith in 3B4, unless you think this mess will take 3-4 years to sort out.