Originally Posted by
CaptainSlow
Free money? Contractually required pay moved up for strategic reasons. They aren’t doing it for free. It’s for PR to counter the picket, it’s for taking away the no raise since____ talking point, it’s for bundling in with their eventual offer in hopes people forget what it’s actually for, but it certainly isn’t free money. It’s a cost that they are accepting because they believe there will be a return that justifies the cost.
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You can't say it's a contractually required pay, when the contract explicitly says that we shouldn't be getting the 5% for at least another 2 quarters. That gesture shouldn't change our negotiating points one bit, but that doesn't mean we can't accept it with a little more grace.