Originally Posted by
Lincoln Osiris
Okay Mr. Smart Man then riddle me this. If the company was so sure that would fix everything why even be at the table with our MEC before our contract is even amendable??? Why not just give out a new hire bonuses like candy and be done with it and then just drag on our negotiations when it DOES become amendable and drag it on until the JCBA?? Again your bs scare tactics won't work here. We actually have some balls over at NK.
If I were to guess, given that they weren’t willing to go higher, they think that these payscales are better for them than bonuses, but at some point, it may be that bonuses make more financial sense. Just a guess. We do have leverage, but ultimately, we can only get paid what management is willing to offer, given that we aren’t anywhere near the end of an RLA process.