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<blockquote data-quote="DELACROIX" data-source="post: 5398178" data-attributes="member: 49065">The very thought about a “Lock Out” is and has been never part part of the equalization.&nbsp;It will be business as usual..most of us already know that this and every other contract prior has been calculated 5 to 10 years by both sides.&nbsp; That&nbsp; is why the infamous 2018 was predestined to by ratify where we voted or not, the big deal was agreed to in the 2013 contract.Starting wage will be over 20 an hour for the part timers, Full timers will probably start out at 25.&nbsp; A big win for the Union will be reducing that 4 year progression, the 22.4 positions can be absorbed into the RPCD’s.&nbsp; If they were used as driving/inside as intended that classification might hang around.Generally the wage and benefit each year if the contract increases 2 bucks an hour.&nbsp; Half to our Healthcare and Pension the rest to our GWI. The monetary contributions going into our Health and Welfare packages is more than sufficient to maintain or improve our current coverages.&nbsp; The big issue will be our pension contributions or lack of...bottom line is there is plenty of money out there to provide a good pension for every member...the real problem is that the company does not want to share their massive profits to the people that are providing their services.In most areas the 25 and out early retirement is just a pipe dream... the (attrition) rate guarantees that most of the newer and some of the older veterans will never by able to collect, some will leave on permanent disability, some will quit before they are eligible for benefits.&nbsp; Very few will reach that 25 year formula... face it the wear and tear is not going to improve, in fact it is getting worse with the increasing work schedules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DELACROIX, post: 5398178, member: 49065"] The very thought about a [B]“Lock Out” is and has been never part part of the equalization. [/B] It will be business as usual..most of us already know that this and every other contract prior has been calculated 5 to 10 years by both sides. That is why the infamous 2018 was predestined to by ratify where we voted or not, the big deal was agreed to in the 2013 contract. Starting wage will be over 20 an hour for the part timers, Full timers will probably start out at 25. A big win for the Union will be reducing that 4 year progression, the 22.4 positions can be absorbed into the RPCD’s. If they were used as driving/inside as intended that classification might hang around. Generally the wage and benefit each year if the contract increases 2 bucks an hour. Half to our Healthcare and Pension the rest to our GWI. The monetary contributions going into our Health and Welfare packages is more than sufficient to maintain or improve our current coverages. The big issue will be our [B]pension [/B]contributions or lack of...bottom line is there is plenty of money out there to provide a good pension for every member...the real problem is that the company does not want to share their massive profits to the people that are providing their services. In most areas the 25 and out early retirement is just a pipe dream... the [B](attrition) [/B]rate guarantees that most of the newer and some of the older veterans will never by able to collect, some will leave on permanent disability, some will quit before they are eligible for benefits. Very few will reach that 25 year formula... face it the wear and tear is not going to improve, in fact it is getting worse with the increasing work schedules. [/QUOTE]

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