Originally Posted by buffalopilot
How can a new hire negotiate pay, maybe the guys who are already there should open their mouths and get the pay up and quit complaining about the new guy taking the crap pay, they do not have any other way in!
You'd be surprised with what the unions turn down. At my company, managment approached the union to make probationary pay come down from $24/hr to $15/hr! This was on a 50 seat a/c. They flat out said no. Management was asking for this because they were bidding on NWA flying, and wanted to be "competitive". The union didn't buy it.