Originally Posted by
MeXC
There is no sound reason for members to want to extend the retirement to age 65, but you can bet that we'll be forced to give something up to keep it. Whether it stays at 60 or is negotiatied away to 65 we will lose.
Put yourself in management's position: "What's it worth to you?"
I think you're looking at it wrong. Actually, it's already in the contract. So the question is "What's it worth to them to change it?" The obvious answer to me is that we make it too expensive to change.
This is how that conversation should go: "So you want the retirement age to change to 65? Well, we'll have to have another week of vacation per year and an additional $30 an hour per seat. What do you mean you can't do that? Well, I guess we'll have to leave it at 60. Next topic?"