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<blockquote data-quote="John19841" data-source="post: 941305" data-attributes="member: 10939">And COLA has given us what, $0.12 in the last 5 years? I&#039;ve tried explaining this to you in the past, and you really don&#039;t seem to get it. I think you&#039;ve lost touch with reality and now are disagreeing just to disagree about something. But, I&#039;ll go through it one more time for you.I feel as if I&#039;m adequately compensated now. However, without yearly raises, as the cost of everything around us rises, by making the same, we would essentially be taking a pay cut every year. Food, gas, utilities, consumer goods...EVERYTHING goes up in cost as time passes. I&#039;m just glad that 20 years ago people like you weren&#039;t running around saying Drivers were making too much money, and it needed to stop. Drivers have always been compensated well (read: fairly) but that will all stop when we stop getting our raises. It won&#039;t be an noticeable overnight, but over the life of the contract and contracts to come, it sure will be. We&#039;ve talked about&quot;screwing the young&quot; (part timers) so that drivers can make more, etc. Why is that not OK, but it&#039;s OK to screw low seniority and future drivers who what you propose would really effect?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John19841, post: 941305, member: 10939"] And COLA has given us what, $0.12 in the last 5 years? I've tried explaining this to you in the past, and you really don't seem to get it. I think you've lost touch with reality and now are disagreeing just to disagree about something. But, I'll go through it one more time for you. I feel as if I'm adequately compensated now. However, without yearly raises, as the cost of everything around us rises, by making the same, we would essentially be taking a pay cut every year. Food, gas, utilities, consumer goods...EVERYTHING goes up in cost as time passes. I'm just glad that 20 years ago people like you weren't running around saying Drivers were making too much money, and it needed to stop. Drivers have always been compensated well (read: fairly) but that will all stop when we stop getting our raises. It won't be an noticeable overnight, but over the life of the contract and contracts to come, it sure will be. We've talked about"screwing the young" (part timers) so that drivers can make more, etc. Why is that not OK, but it's OK to screw low seniority and future drivers who what you propose would really effect? [/QUOTE]

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