This might come as a big surprise that some of you… But you can feel like you are paid well, believe management is as good as it’s been for decades, and still demand a big raise, because the market dictates it.

We don’t need the black-and-white emotional thinking of a fifth grader to get a great contract. Like hummingbird said, I assume the 5% was already owed us, and evaluate the new TA on its terms…