Originally Posted by
BagMan
This proposal is exactly what I was worried about. Management has yet to make any serious offerings and our guys are already negotiating with them selves. My hope is that some adjustments can be made. Take a page out of Managements book and shuffle the numbers around with a modest increase over our previous proposed contract rates. At this point if we asked for a once a month ham sandwich as a raise they would still turn us down while whining about not being cost neutral. So there is no reason to forfeit anything. Until they show they are serious about negotiating and make some serious overtures asking for anything less than the Sun the Stars and the Moon is just pigeonholing all of us into concessions when thus far they have offered nothing of value.
I certainly understand what you're saying and your concerns.
I think this is going to put pressure on the company to actually negotiate. The NMB is going to expect to see movement from the company towards an agreement. If they don't move towards us after this, it'll go a long said to moving us towards being released.
I think the union is playing this well. We need to achieve a deal as soon as possible. The sooner we can achieve a raise, the better off we'll be financially in the long run.