Originally Posted by
LinaPeru
it exists. But it doesn’t exist in this nonsensical way.
What is the upper limit the company will pay for a labor contract? Once you figure that out, you’ve found your negotiating capital. But they’ll never reveal the absolute number. That figure was different two years ago, it’s different today, and it’ll keep changing two, three, or four years from now.
until then it’s a boogie man. “Oh don’t do this because we might miss out on that”.
yeah? How do you positively know that?
you won’t have the slightest idea until you see the first TA.
how you allocate negotiating capital = beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
We’re shooting for the same % increase in total compensation as others just achieved. That % doesn’t really change much over time (proposal rates go up with time). It’s a known number by both sides. Retro is designed to capture delays. It’s not really a guessing game. You should have a pretty good idea of what a ratifiable TA should look like right now. We’re just arguing with ourselves how to divide that number.
Last edited by fcoolaiddrinker; 06-21-2025 at 10:52 AM.