Don't think he's being negative and he, like I, have been here a long time. Why we all of a sudden decided its ok to exceed the amendable date is beyond me but it took a very long time to get our pay rates back. There's way more to our contract than just $$ and we lose out on those items every time the clock ticks past that date.

How long have you been here if I may so bold to ask?

As a PS, you'll never recover those improvements as a past dated item. They're dust in the wind.