Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
So tell me why I am swilling the koolaid when I tell you that literally DOUBLING the end result of a 30% pay raise, plus 25% DC is going to be a non-starter with the mgmt negotiating team. It isn't drinking koolaid, it is living the in the real world, a world only occasionally inhabited by the forum crowds.
All I care about is results. And I remain very amused at the guys who simultaneously sneer at the "Time Value of Money" crowd, while they lament how inflation is eating away at our C19 payrates--the very definition of TVM.
You seem pretty good at math. So consider this: The devaluation of our contract due to inflation is 15% since 2019. Then IF inflation is just 6% over the next three years (which is entirely possible) then we would need a 37% raise just to not lose buying power. How does 30% over three years sound now? CRAZY??!!