Next contract top rate [on topic]

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Bro I think a seagull vomited on your plate.

We all can't suck down crawfish all day

 

[UnionStrong]

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Got to get out of Boston before I get too fat. Seafood is incredible here!

I agree

 

[bottomups]

Enough Boston. Never found a suitable short guy to kick ass.
Leaving on a jet plane. Back to the mountains.

 

[UnionStrong]

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Enough Boston. Never found a suitable short guy to kick ass.
Leaving on a jet plane. Back to the mountains.

And stay out!

 

[bottomups]

And stay out!View attachment 379231

Seen it once, seen it enough.

Thinking will visit DC at the end of the month.

 

[UnionStrong]

Seen it once, seen it enough.

Thinking will visit DC at the end of the month.

Wear a bullet proof vest

 

[Red Devil]

Enough Boston. Never found a suitable short guy to kick ass.

Gotta look in Southie

 

[UnionStrong]

Gotta look in Southie

He’d never walk out of Southie…..

 

[Zowert]

I can see immediate bump to $45/hr then $1 raise over the life of the contract. They might try to throw higher wages at us in order to get concessions in other areas of the contract. Say, increase top rate to $50 on day one with $1.50 annual increases, BUT we want to downgrade from the JC28XL insurance plan and add little to no increase in pensions.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I can see immediate bump to $45/hr then $1 raise over the life of the contract. They might try to throw higher wages at us in order to get concessions in other areas of the contract. Say, increase top rate to $50 on day one with $1.50 annual increases, BUT we want to downgrade from the JC28XL insurance plan and add little to no increase in pensions.

Then we vote no

 

[35years]

Why are people even thinking about $1 a year increases?

Inflation over the past year was 7.9%. And it is accelerating. Feburary it was .08% for one month which is 9.6% annually.

We need a real cost of living raise. Not just a percentage of inflation. Either a true cola or $2, $3, $3, $4, $5 a year.

Pensions must be addressed. Ours benifit here has increased a whopping $5 a month
OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Why are people even thinking about $1 a year increases?

Inflation over the past year was 7.9%. And it is accelerating. Feburary it was .08% for one month which is 9.6% annually.

We need a real cost of living raise. Not just a percentage of inflation. Either a true cola or $2, $3, $3, $4, $5 a year.

Pensions must be addressed. Ours benifit here has increased a whopping $5 a month
OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS.

While the Federal minimum wage is $7.25/hr. The Federal contract minimum wage (UPS is a Federal contractor) is $15/hr.

 

[AKCoverMan]

It was 33 cents

I stand corrected. Actually I’m sitting…..

 

[kforte36]

Don't see it being more than a $1/year for the life of the contract. Same as it always is. The real changes are going to have to be with the language that got voted down last contract while still pushed through. We shall see.

That's most realistic. The company is not going to pay more than that. Comments on here thinking that the company will make the top pay $45-50 an hour are insane.

 

[Poop Head]

Wage freeze

 

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That's most realistic. The company is not going to pay more than that. Comments on here thinking that the company will make the top pay $45-50 an hour are insane.

Not with inflation the way it is.

 

[zubenelgenubi]

That's most realistic. The company is not going to pay more than that. Comments on here thinking that the company will make the top pay $45-50 an hour are insane.

Umm... At $1 per year we'll be over $45 by the end of the contract.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Not with inflation the way it is.

Don't forget the recession.

 

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Don't forget the recession.

Inflation = upward pressure on wages
Recession = downward pressure on wages

But the top rate was set to be over $40 by the end of this contract anyway, so something between $45 and $50 isn't totally unreasonable.

 

[kforte36]

Inflation = upward pressure on wages
Recession = downward pressure on wages

But the top rate was set to be over $40 by the end of this contract anyway, so something between $45 and $50 isn't totally unreasonable.

These are all fair points. I still see the company just leaving the pay where it is now but who knows.