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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DELACROIX" data-source="post: 5664655" data-attributes="member: 49065">Consider the 2 dollars of that 2.75 first year GWI (heroes pay.  Everybody happy now.).The next three GWI’s of .75, .75 and 1.00 would be what the Company now calls (cost neutral).The last GWI of 2.25 kicks in at the start of the 2028 talks.  We all know what that will be used for, don’t we.The projected new 7,500 jobs will be only driving positions, guessing feeders.The current 22.2 and 22.3 positions are protected by numbers only, once a vacancy exists through retirement or termination the Company has the right to move and change the start times to whatever they want, the 22.2’s maybe locked in because of their classification and seniority.  Really not too many of them anymore the ones that are still active will be gone  probably at the beginning of 2024.The Company will make these inside full time positions more physically demanding to prevent any left over high seniority part timers from bidding on them.  They are hoping to fill these coming vacancies and the 7,500 new driving positions with off the street hiring.  Starting rates for a new hire full time didn’t go up much, they will all have to go through that standard (4 year) progression.  Those 7,500 newly created full time driving positions will start on the third year of the Contract, those positions will see a .75 and a 1.00 GWI until 1 August 2028 that is when the 2.25 kicks in.  At least they get GWI’s and any COLAs while they are progression.  Safe to say that most of these 7,500 members will be looking at that attractive 2.24 GWI and will be inclined to vote yes in the 2028 Contract, in fact most of our membership will see that carrot on a stick at the start of the next Contract and will vote accordingly.I am not sure about the language about hourly increases in the Teamsters’s Monetary Contribution Plans like the Western, or even the IBT/UPS Defined Pension Plan.  Article 34 needs more explanation, also everyone in the know will be looking at the supplemental and riders which will be voted separately.  Unfortunately we are going to heard the (sheep) start bleeping “ we’reIs my (retro) check, I deserve it” crap, and start blaming other members for their selfish hold outs.  Just wait it is a coming.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/people_crybaby.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":people_crybaby:" title="People Crybaby    :people_crybaby:" data-shortname=":people_crybaby:" /></blockquote>

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