You're forgetting one thing.., that was back then, when paying dues meant something because something good was waiting for you at the end. No one in their right mind would chase this bus driver job now unless there is significant improvement in everything. Raising mins will only help against past company tactics of hiring SJS labor. You can't blame the low timers we all would do the same if an RJ is dangled in front of us, but we can take away the ability of companies to be able to hire them in an effort to keep wages low. There needs to be a level of respect and sense of worth that management has to feel in order for us to be taken seriously at the negotiating table.