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<blockquote data-quote="brownIEman" data-source="post: 770360" data-attributes="member: 14596"><p>I never meant to imply the teamsters demanded a low wage for part-timers. It does seem they did not fight very hard for it though. If the company insisted on the part time rates we currently have, and the union had made it a first line priority to get them significantly higher, they could have gotten it by either giving concessions in other areas like full time pay rates or by holding out and threatening to strike. Did they do either of those? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For what it is worth, that is exactly what I would do were I running the company. I think it makes more sense in the long run, paying more for quality workers in part time ranks, as well as easing off the push for more work per car per day and putting more driver on road to improve service. The down side is that would lead to running in the red for a few quarters prior to the next contract negotiation.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Your time line is off. Once the contract is signed, the negotiations have been completed the price agreed to by all sides, after all factors (like your machine shop) have already been factored in. </p><p></p><p>Forget about real estate then. It works for any negotiated agreement. Take buying a car. When was the last time you bought a car, and once you had negotiated the final terms the salesman says "Now this price is just a minimum, you can of course pay us more than this if you would like" ? You would have thought he was an idiot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brownIEman, post: 770360, member: 14596"] I never meant to imply the teamsters demanded a low wage for part-timers. It does seem they did not fight very hard for it though. If the company insisted on the part time rates we currently have, and the union had made it a first line priority to get them significantly higher, they could have gotten it by either giving concessions in other areas like full time pay rates or by holding out and threatening to strike. Did they do either of those? For what it is worth, that is exactly what I would do were I running the company. I think it makes more sense in the long run, paying more for quality workers in part time ranks, as well as easing off the push for more work per car per day and putting more driver on road to improve service. The down side is that would lead to running in the red for a few quarters prior to the next contract negotiation. Your time line is off. Once the contract is signed, the negotiations have been completed the price agreed to by all sides, after all factors (like your machine shop) have already been factored in. Forget about real estate then. It works for any negotiated agreement. Take buying a car. When was the last time you bought a car, and once you had negotiated the final terms the salesman says "Now this price is just a minimum, you can of course pay us more than this if you would like" ? You would have thought he was an idiot. [/QUOTE]
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