Originally Posted by
newKnow
A lot of you 18 percenters don't like to admit it, but a lot of things boil down to "the numbers."
With this contract, the one you wanted to keep, every other contract before them, and even the one you wanted to "fight for," the company could have decided to go down to 46.5% and pay us a settlement check after a long-drawn out arbitration process.
My last settlement check was less than ~1/10th of what my retro check was.
My last settlement check was less than ~the monthly raise I'm getting with the signing of this contract.
My last settlement check was so small, I forgot about it and I had to ask the people around my seniority what they remember they got and when they got it.
In assessing that part of the TA, maybe 82% of us just did the math.
And a lot of you 82%'rs don't like to admit that the numbers it all comes down to is... money. You just sold scope and quality of life for a few more dollars, which bye the way, were 2004 pay rates not even adjusted for inflation, and no real increases to fix the retirements for the Dead Zone.
Have fun on that C100.
