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<blockquote data-quote="Its_a_me" data-source="post: 5664663" data-attributes="member: 93115">The union sold out existing part timers for the more money in union dues from starting employees. Old rate of 15.50 at 2.5x per month meant union dues of $38.75. Now it is $21 x 2.5 or $52.50 a month. That is what this was all about.That 48% is because the pay was so awful to begin with. I can go from $15.50 to $21 and the percentage looks impressive until you realize no one was taking a job for $15.50 so they had these MRA&#039;s in places that were beyond $21 to get people to work. Lets stop playing the averages game and look at it by year:The raises for PT&#039;ers without MRA&#039;s is as follows:Employees hired Aug 1 or later: current rate $15.50 new rate $21 ($5.50 raise)1 yr employees: current $16.20 new rate $21 ($4.80 raise)2 yr employees: current $16.70 new rate $21 ($4.30 raise)3 yr employees: current $17.20 new rate $21 ($3.80 raise)4 yr employee: current $17.70 new rate $21 ($3.20 raise)---same as a brand new hire thanks for your hard work5 yr employee: current: $18.20 new rate $21.45 ($3.40 raise)6 yr employee: current: $18.45 new rate $21.70 ($3.25 raise)7 yr employee: current: $18.75 new rate $22.00 ($3.25 raise)8 yr employee: current: $19.05 new rate $22.30 ($3.25 raise)9 yr employee: current: $19.30 new rate $22.55 ($3.25 raise)--started at $8.50 Aug 2, 2013 got screwed in 2018 when new hires made $1.45 less last time they bumped starting wages. Now it&#039;s $1.55. So SOB negotiated a contract $0.10 better in wages than Hoffa&#039;s.10 yr employee: current $19.75 new rate $23.50 (3.75 raise)($3.75 raise continues until yr 14)($4.25 raise at 15 yrs and beyond)The company simply adjusted the starting rate for their MRA&#039;s (because they couldn&#039;t find workers at $15.50 an hour). The existing PT&#039;ers making less than $21 an hour and having 9.99 yrs or less in July &#039;23 got screwed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Its_a_me, post: 5664663, member: 93115"] [B]The union sold out existing part timers for the more money in union dues from starting employees.[/B] Old rate of 15.50 at 2.5x per month meant union dues of $38.75. Now it is $21 x 2.5 or $52.50 a month. [B]That is what this was all about.[/B] That 48% is because the pay was so awful to begin with. I can go from $15.50 to $21 and the percentage looks impressive until you realize no one was taking a job for $15.50 so they had these MRA's in places that were beyond $21 to get people to work. Lets stop playing the averages game and look at it by year: The raises for PT'ers without MRA's is as follows: [B]Employees hired Aug 1 or later[/B]: current rate $15.50 [B]new rate $21[/B] ([B]$5.50 raise[/B]) 1 yr employees: current $16.20 new rate $21 ($4.80 raise) 2 yr employees: current $16.70 new rate $21 ($4.30 raise) 3 yr employees: current $17.20 new rate $21 ($3.80 raise) [B]4 yr employee[/B]: current $17.70 [B]new rate $21[/B] ($3.20 raise)---same as a brand new hire thanks for your hard work 5 yr employee: current: $18.20 new rate $21.45 ($3.40 raise) 6 yr employee: current: $18.45 new rate $21.70 ($3.25 raise) 7 yr employee: current: $18.75 new rate $22.00 ($3.25 raise) 8 yr employee: current: $19.05 new rate $22.30 ($3.25 raise) [B]9 yr employee[/B]: current: $19.30 new rate [B]$22.55[/B] ($3.25 raise)--started at $8.50 Aug 2, 2013 got screwed in 2018 when new hires made $1.45 less last time they bumped starting wages. Now it's $1.55. So SOB negotiated a contract $0.10 better in wages than Hoffa's. 10 yr employee: current $19.75 new rate $23.50 (3.75 raise) ($3.75 raise continues until yr 14) ($4.25 raise at 15 yrs and beyond) The company simply adjusted the starting rate for their MRA's (because they couldn't find workers at $15.50 an hour). The existing PT'ers making less than $21 an hour and having 9.99 yrs or less in July '23 got screwed. [/QUOTE]

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