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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1132912" data-attributes="member: 43436">What did you expect?&nbsp; The actual insurance deductibles &amp; co-pays were never included in the contract.&nbsp; Instead, they&#039;re published separately.When they changed the PT insurance last contract, we were mailed the book&nbsp; before we got to vote.&nbsp; I&#039;m certain something similar -- a mailed copy, a mailed CD / flash drive, link to .PDF on the Internet -- will happen this time around.Like I said, there is no $1.50 bump -- it&#039;s just 50c.&nbsp; And they added the extra $1 after 90-days in the 2002 contract - incumbent employees did not receive it.However, if you&#039;ve been here longer than those mentioned time frames in my previous posting, you&#039;ve benefited from stronger wage increases, thus you will always make more than a new hire receiving the new wage bumps.&nbsp; Especially since most of the PTers being hired in now are tagged as seasonal, and therefore will not receive the general wage increases -- just the progression rates, which long-term are inferior.&nbsp; A PTer with a Feb, Mar, Apr seniority date of this year will be banking $13.80 at the conclusion of the contract, vs. $12.50 for those considered seasonal now.&nbsp; (Assuming you survive that long.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1132912, member: 43436"] What did you expect? The actual insurance deductibles & co-pays were never included in the contract. Instead, they're published separately. When they changed the PT insurance last contract, we were mailed the book before we got to vote. I'm certain something similar -- a mailed copy, a mailed CD / flash drive, link to .PDF on the Internet -- will happen this time around. Like I said, there is no $1.50 bump -- it's just 50c. And they added the extra $1 after 90-days in the 2002 contract - incumbent employees did not receive it. However, if you've been here longer than those mentioned time frames in my previous posting, you've benefited from stronger wage increases, thus [U]you will always make more than a new hire[/U] receiving the new wage bumps. Especially since most of the PTers being hired in now are tagged as seasonal, and therefore will not receive the general wage increases -- just the progression rates, which long-term are inferior. A PTer with a Feb, Mar, Apr seniority date of this year will be banking $13.80 at the conclusion of the contract, vs. $12.50 for those considered seasonal now. (Assuming you survive that long.) [/QUOTE]

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