Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
Most definitely, it is time to add cost back into our contract. My point is that people shouldn't pretend that their pet peeve is "no cost" and thus should be given higher priority. At the risk of being bashed as an Interest Based Bargainer, the contract will come to a finite value and thus decisions will have to be made about where those costs go. As long as those decisions are made in a an atmosphere of facts and realities, then the MEC will make their decisions appropriately.
Alfa;
Everything has a cost. The question is, is the price tag that the company has attached to it, is: 1) Market value, 2) over valued, or #) the correct value. I know that our MEC does cost these items out as to what they think they cost to error check their math. It was just a point to throw out there.
I agree, that we need to add costs back in to the PWA. It will be a cost positive agreement, and no one should think nor state otherwise. Of course it is finite, the question is and will always remain, 1) What is the number, and 2) do we beleive the company when they state, "This is it!"
I do not think that anyone argues these points. What I see is people stating not to fall in to trap X,Y or Z.
I know what I am willing to sign on for,and vote yes for, and the last place I will put that is on this board. As you know everyone "tires" to keep up with this thread. It is in many cases one stop shopping. I am not willing to let the item of Pay be marginalized on here. Talking about section 1, 12, 23 to name a few is OK, but pay and hours of service is something that should be left to direct communication to the reps.