Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Union Issues
For the 'Vote NO On Everything' crowd...what would you call a good contract?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="wilberforce15" data-source="post: 1125354" data-attributes="member: 5053"><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Assuming the starting rate 30 years ago was $8.00 (I don't really know what it was). Then, adjusted for inflation:</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">30 years ago, the starting rate was more than 235% of what new guys make today.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">You could bump starting pay to $15/hr today, and it would still be a 20% pay-cut compared to 30 years ago.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">You could double the current starting rate (to $17/hr), and it would be still be down 10% compared to 30 years ago.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I could go on, and rephrase the same numbers to get across the problem. But I trust you get the idea.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Simply put: $8.00 from 30 years ago is worth $18.75 today. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it again, if you've been here more than ten years and feel the need to tell a new guy "hey, I was in your shoes, once" - then don't. You weren't.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wilberforce15, post: 1125354, member: 5053"] [COLOR=#000000] Assuming the starting rate 30 years ago was $8.00 (I don't really know what it was). Then, adjusted for inflation: 30 years ago, the starting rate was more than 235% of what new guys make today. You could bump starting pay to $15/hr today, and it would still be a 20% pay-cut compared to 30 years ago. You could double the current starting rate (to $17/hr), and it would be still be down 10% compared to 30 years ago. I could go on, and rephrase the same numbers to get across the problem. But I trust you get the idea. Simply put: $8.00 from 30 years ago is worth $18.75 today. I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it again, if you've been here more than ten years and feel the need to tell a new guy "hey, I was in your shoes, once" - then don't. You weren't. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Union Issues
For the 'Vote NO On Everything' crowd...what would you call a good contract?
Top