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<blockquote data-quote="MostHelpNeeded" data-source="post: 5660195" data-attributes="member: 66806">It is better than the last one, but you&#039;re not hearing me. Last contract shouldn&#039;t have passed, we gave things up and it was a little below par. This one we gained things back and it&#039;s a little above par. When you average it out, it&#039;s....well, average. If we disregard the last contract and the 22.4 BS and we went from the 2013 contract (which was also just average) to this one, there wouldn&#039;t be much difference. We&#039;ve gone back and forth on this, but the simplest way to put it is this. I&#039;ve been doing this job for 20 years. I had more buying power, as in this job provided a higher standard of living when I started, and that has slowly eroded over time. I&#039;m sure I&#039;m not the only one who feels this way. The wage increases are below inflation level. That equals yet more pay cuts. You can say &#039;but but but the pension might be increased&#039; or whatever. Yeah, inflation also screws with that. I&#039;ve heard it will go up $1000 for full time. YAY, by the time you retire, inflation will make that worth exactly what it is today. I can&#039;t say this enough. IT&#039;S NOT A WIN OR A RAISE IF INFLATION OUTPACES IT. UPS, and all corps for that matter know what their expenses are. They have the numbers and they know they&#039;re not stagnant, they&#039;re constantly rising. For example, If you ran a company, and you saw all your expenses increase 10% across the board for the year, your prices would increase 10% but your labor costs going up 2, 3, even 6% would be a WIN. They may have gone up, but they went down, if that makes sense.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MostHelpNeeded, post: 5660195, member: 66806"] It is better than the last one, but you're not hearing me. Last contract shouldn't have passed, we gave things up and it was a little below par. This one we gained things back and it's a little above par. When you average it out, it's....well, average. If we disregard the last contract and the 22.4 BS and we went from the 2013 contract (which was also just average) to this one, there wouldn't be much difference. We've gone back and forth on this, but the simplest way to put it is this. I've been doing this job for 20 years. I had more buying power, as in this job provided a higher standard of living when I started, and that has slowly eroded over time. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way. The wage increases are below inflation level. That equals yet more pay cuts. You can say 'but but but the pension might be increased' or whatever. Yeah, inflation also screws with that. I've heard it will go up $1000 for full time. YAY, by the time you retire, inflation will make that worth exactly what it is today. I can't say this enough. IT'S NOT A WIN OR A RAISE IF INFLATION OUTPACES IT. UPS, and all corps for that matter know what their expenses are. They have the numbers and they know they're not stagnant, they're constantly rising. For example, If you ran a company, and you saw all your expenses increase 10% across the board for the year, your prices would increase 10% but your labor costs going up 2, 3, even 6% would be a WIN. They may have gone up, but they went down, if that makes sense. [/QUOTE]

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