I'm not beaten down at all. My"regional mentality" is my background not what defines my current mentality.
I listed things I don't like. Be I gave reasons for all. The loss of compensation for 2+ years is not worth the tiny gains that are the main gripe. They are simply bargaining chips in n 2022. I'm personally not willing to lose parts of this contract that are a benefit to get 1% cola. Sorry. There is no way 1% cola will make up the difference of 2 years of lost "compensation" while we renegotiate, vote, and implement. I know the dollar value for me personally as I already stated.