Originally Posted by
Anderson
Pay rates and retirement shouldn’t be a negotiation in the context of inflation. The DB plan loses value every year, and now many of us have accepted the notion that we have to negotiate/concede other contract items simply to maintain value/purchasing power.
The above idea seems lost on a great many people. The DB and the pay scales should always track inflation (the priced to ship a package certainly does) prior to a single item being negotiated. Doing otherwise is a concession.