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<blockquote data-quote="ok2bclever" data-source="post: 72985" data-attributes="member: 1356"><p>BBD, </p><p></p><p>I appreciate your insight and sharing your perspective with us here.</p><p></p><p>Yes, you make a ton more money than a driver or clerk, but we make more than a grocery store bagger.</p><p></p><p>So what?</p><p></p><p>Should we all aspire to stay at our current wage level until we are down to the equivalent of the grocery store bagger via inflation?</p><p></p><p>Of course not.</p><p></p><p>With the pilot compensation issue primarily to protect from inflation the company cannot even consider that of major import.</p><p></p><p>It does make for an easy target to sway the masses that commercial big body airplane pilots are greedy considering their high current wages.</p><p></p><p>Inflation protection as the issue deflates such rhetoric with knowledgeable listeners.</p><p></p><p>Retirement security is easily understood by most of us under the current circumstances.</p><p></p><p>Scheduling less so as most of us have pretty set schedules and are not required to turn our nights into day or visa versa, but would obviously be a key issue.</p><p></p><p>Obviously, doing nothing works great for the corporation as they are fine with not giving any raises or fixing inadequate retirement policies or limiting their ability to abuse the workforces scheduling.</p><p></p><p>I don't see any logical reason for the company to negotiate in good faith under the current circumstances without additional pressure being introduced somehow.</p><p></p><p>Frankly, after four years of basically unrewarding negotiations I would say the pilots union has been very patient.</p><p></p><p><strong>How many think UPS would <u>ever</u> finish negotiating another contract with us and the Teamsters if not doing so allowed them to work us indefinitely at frozen wage levels, etc?</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ok2bclever, post: 72985, member: 1356"] BBD, I appreciate your insight and sharing your perspective with us here. Yes, you make a ton more money than a driver or clerk, but we make more than a grocery store bagger. So what? Should we all aspire to stay at our current wage level until we are down to the equivalent of the grocery store bagger via inflation? Of course not. With the pilot compensation issue primarily to protect from inflation the company cannot even consider that of major import. It does make for an easy target to sway the masses that commercial big body airplane pilots are greedy considering their high current wages. Inflation protection as the issue deflates such rhetoric with knowledgeable listeners. Retirement security is easily understood by most of us under the current circumstances. Scheduling less so as most of us have pretty set schedules and are not required to turn our nights into day or visa versa, but would obviously be a key issue. Obviously, doing nothing works great for the corporation as they are fine with not giving any raises or fixing inadequate retirement policies or limiting their ability to abuse the workforces scheduling. I don't see any logical reason for the company to negotiate in good faith under the current circumstances without additional pressure being introduced somehow. Frankly, after four years of basically unrewarding negotiations I would say the pilots union has been very patient. [B]How many think UPS would [U]ever[/U] finish negotiating another contract with us and the Teamsters if not doing so allowed them to work us indefinitely at frozen wage levels, etc?[/B] [/QUOTE]
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