Originally Posted by TonyC

Total compensation not just hourly pay rates. When you add in trip rig, duty rig, overrides, etc we have lead. Then add in retirement and the margin widens. We have also fallen slightly behind at times when other places have bargained ahead of us. I'm confident we will once again lead. Im also confident our W2's per day of work are leading in the industry and will continue to be even more after this next contract. Maybe im more pessimistic than most, but I tend to try to be positive.