Originally Posted by
Buck Rogers
Prolly less total pay raise... trade-off being TVM. Do they offset? Doubtful, because as you suggest/know, you lose the strike threat because you tamped down the ire of the rank and file.
I think that's called...."Negotiating against yourself"
This could be said about any post amendable date scheme to institute a COLA. I guess we need to decide if we have enough spine as a group to survive years of teeth gnashing every cycle.