Originally Posted by
dualinput
Yep Alaska got what they got after negotiating for years. Years that included a pandemic and for compensation that didn’t already exist. They also got a me too clause and an entire contract.
We are now negotiating where this compensation now exists and are not negotiating a comprehensive agreement. It does not take years to negotiate compensation only. The number on that compensation shouldn’t be based on how long we negotiate. If they NC actually believes that it’s wrong.
The question is, does the negotiating committee care more about securing significant gains, or do they care about helping management with timeliness? From what i gathered from the Q&A, they are more concerned with timeliness and helping out management. I expect a very weak deal to be presented, and sold as "better than nothing" and "look at those first year gains." I do not expect a section 3 top rate exceeding Alaska because they've all but said that in the Q&A, but it better not be a Sun Country-type deal either.