Originally Posted by
ATLB212
First year is what the company thinks you’re worth. Second year is what the union says you’re worth.

This platitude needs to fizzle away. Lets call a spade a spade / identify what it really is:
A pay for training scheme.
It also dissuades people with low relative interest in ups from coming here, camping out until their higher level choices become available.
And as someone pointed out earlier - supply/demand factors allow it.