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<blockquote data-quote="isonend" data-source="post: 3618484" data-attributes="member: 72355">His math on the PT wage increases only applies to people making more than $12.30 now. For anyone making less than that, they&#039;ll get a raise to $13 August 1 and a $1 raise to $14 on August 1 2019. For someone currently at the $11 starting rate, they&#039;re getting a $2 increase this year, not $.70 (That&#039;s about $1800/yr, not $700), and a $1 increase next year, not $.75. From then on the wage increases are higher than the starting wage and they end up at $16.70/hr.So saying there&#039;s no &quot;catch-up&quot; is partly true, but the wage increases are flat numbers. If you look at them in terms of a percentage increase, the people at lower pay rates are getting raises at a higher percentage. For people in their first year still at $11, they&#039;re looking at an 18% raise this year, and over a 50% raise over the next five. Who wouldn&#039;t take that?I&#039;ve heard people who are making $12 now complain that they will only be making as much as new hires. That does seem like they&#039;re getting hosed when you look only at the pay rate. But then again 4-year drivers make the same as 40-year drivers. The money is just part of the deal - you also gain benefits, pension credit, vacation weeks and the seniority to pick your work and bid on better jobs. Maybe I&#039;m wrong, but I think that&#039;s a big part of what the contract is supposed to protect - rewarding people for their years of service.It&#039;s kind of hard to get that across to an 18-year-old, $11 loader, maybe, who just wants money in his pocket today and doesn&#039;t care if he has health insurance or not because he&#039;s never going to get sick.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="isonend, post: 3618484, member: 72355"] His math on the PT wage increases only applies to people making more than $12.30 now. For anyone making less than that, they'll get a raise to $13 August 1 and a $1 raise to $14 on August 1 2019. For someone currently at the $11 starting rate, they're getting a $2 increase this year, not $.70 (That's about $1800/yr, not $700), and a $1 increase next year, not $.75. From then on the wage increases are higher than the starting wage and they end up at $16.70/hr. So saying there's no "catch-up" is partly true, but the wage increases are flat numbers. If you look at them in terms of a percentage increase, the people at lower pay rates are getting raises at a higher percentage. For people in their first year still at $11, they're looking at an 18% raise this year, and over a 50% raise over the next five. Who wouldn't take that? I've heard people who are making $12 now complain that they will only be making as much as new hires. That does seem like they're getting hosed when you look only at the pay rate. But then again 4-year drivers make the same as 40-year drivers. The money is just part of the deal - you also gain benefits, pension credit, vacation weeks and the seniority to pick your work and bid on better jobs. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that's a big part of what the contract is supposed to protect - rewarding people for their years of service. It's kind of hard to get that across to an 18-year-old, $11 loader, maybe, who just wants money in his pocket today and doesn't care if he has health insurance or not because he's never going to get sick. [/QUOTE]

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