Originally Posted by
SideStickMonkey
You know and I know there's a limit when it comes to raising pay rates. Everyone can understand what a 18% pay bump means.
The company wasn't ****ed about that in C19, they didn't expect how much more they'd really be paying us from RR pay changes and the other soft pay gains. It's a lot easier to fight in the margins.
When we fight for a 15% pay raise, the noncons want that too. When we get that 15% but realistically another 3-4% here and there in contract improvements, that's how we squeak more money out.
We don't negotiate for the noncons. We negotiate for us. It's solely the company's discretion to determine what they will or won't pay them. Not our battle. And yes, I think we should hit the rates hard this cycle.