Just out of curiosity, what is the consensus on resuming negotiations?

Do we go right back in, or do we wait a bit and take the second 3% raise?

I personally am at the point where I think that if it passes why leave the other 3% on the table. If we are doing this for the time value of money, why not get the whole 6%?

Just curious to see what others are thinking.

I think it depends on a wide variety of factors, how the economy is doing, what is happening in politics, how the company is doing, etc., etc. Impossible to make that decision at this time.

As Nancy Pelosi once advised on another issue, We will know how bad it is, after we ratify it.

Honestly, if we take accept this awful deal we might as well take year two's raise. The small leverage will be gone and we already decided it was acceptable. At that point we'd be foolish not to take it. That said, we (as a group) were complete morons for accepting this deal anyway.

Any guesses what the company's excuse will be this time? Oil prices? Presidential election? We've pretty much agreed that external factors determine if we negotiate.

If, in hindsight and this passes, I wonder if it turns out to be a bad deal, if we will realize it was and ever wake up. The 68% that voted last time; if they think it turned out to be a good deal....lord help us as a group. Being a realist, I hold out no hope for this group ever "waking up".

The following comment IS NOT personal, just practical. Those that voted yes last time I feel are a direct endangerment to my job and our profession due to the fact that, IMO, they voted yes to something so detrimental to all of us. If this vote, and the end result, turn out the same way I might have to take up drinking!