They don't spend two years or longer negotiating a fuel surcharge do they?
The fact is that we have accepted a pay cut brought about by time and inflation, we are only negotiating for the restoration of pay with a cost of living/inflation adjusment.
The idea that it takes 2-4 years to hammer out a contract with a few changes is so far fetched and BS that no employee buys it. In the universe of unlimited bargaining time, we lose. And we lose every day we don't get a raise to keep up with inflation.
Retro is another name for an interest free loan at our expense, the company treats us like a liability, not the tremendous asset to earning that we are.
Last edited by jungle; 05-01-2006 at 08:22 AM.