Originally Posted by JamesBond

So let's do some cocktail napkin math. In public. If we negotiate a contract that will take effect on Jan 1 2017 with a 20% pay increase. Too low, I know. But if that is the case, do you honestly believe that management will write a check for an additional 20% over what we made in 2016? What do you think is their limit on this? I have no idea, but as time goes on that number will be getting smaller and smaller. So I think it depends on how much they are willing to pay us going forward but adding in the retro pay dilutes that amount. So now we have retro pay in addition to the huge profit sharing check we are gonna get for the next couple of years. I'll hang up and listen. Should be interesting.