This thing can continue for month or even years..Look at what the pilots went through and the UPS air mechanics are still without a contract. The national contract is far more a bigger deal just because of the size of the membership (250,000) and both parties really do not want this thing to drag on just from the publicity viewpoint. They both want to get it out to the public and wall street that it is settled and done for for at least the next 5 years.
We all have to be patient on this one and please do not fall for that retro bonus scam like last time. Everybody is so concerned about these 5,000 newly created 22.4s and neglecting the substandard GWI and Pension and Health and Welfare increases. The General Wage Increase of 70 cent the first year will slowly be eaten up by inflation an cost of living, how much of that raise is going to be eaten up by 4 dollars a gallon at the gas pumps, your co pays for insurance and general increases for services, housing and food. The 2.5 increase in the GWI will not cover the inflation rate, you gained nothing for the next 5 years.
This contract is about cutting overtime, so no matter how they cut it you might be worst off at the end of this contract than at the beginning. A lot can happen in five years. The starting rate of 13 and the projected rate of 15 at 2022 for part timers will not help the turnover ratio, the elimination of the dollar more an hour for skilled positions might mean that all those part time positions will be stuck in the load and unload. Those jobs are meant to be temporary, the physical and work standards demands of those jobs will take their intended result and workplace of basically temps who will not get vested in any pension (5 years) and being paid at a minimum wage level if not below in 2022.