Originally Posted by
fedupbusdriver
The question should be what is the company willing to give up to change it. It is already in writing in the contract, and they would have to negotiate to change it.
I would like to re-visit this concept...The company "giving up something" to change the retirement age.
In all our previous negotiations, the company has come to the table with the Pie concept. They say, "Look, here's the Pie, split it up however you want. And if you want to delay splitting up this pie, we can continue operating with the current contract forever".
The union has always responded, "You can afford to make the pie bigger." and of course the company says "no we can't" or "we're not going to make the pie bigger." So, the only stick we have is the ultimate one, the job action. How many job actions has the FedEx crew force participated in thus far? Do you really think this group could pull one off this time? (I know, I'm preaching to the choir here; but the APC group isn't typical of the crew force.)
So, again, what would you be willing to give up, for the rest of your career, to keep the age at 60?