Thread: AMR gives contract proposal: no pay raise!
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Old 09-26-2007, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ryane946 View Post
Don't settle for anything less than a 30% raise (or whatever the paycut was you took in 2003). Same goes for United, Delta, Northwest, US Air, and Continental!

REMEMBER, a 20% paycut takes a 25% raise to recoup.
Example. Say you made $100/hr. You take a 20% pay cut. Now you make $80/hr. To get back up to $100/hr, you need to take a 25% pay raise to get back to $100/hr.
Don't forget inflation
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