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<blockquote data-quote="MostHelpNeeded" data-source="post: 5205115" data-attributes="member: 66806">I get that, and that would need to be worked out. We&#039;re not working 40 hours in only 3 days. While It is possible in 3.5 days, it then brings the overtime question. Overtime after 8? 10? 10?. I understand that even if we had a 40 hour pay guarantee, regardless of actual hours worked, It&#039;s the loss of overtime pay that hurts a lot of us. Perhaps we wouldn&#039;t need to depend on overtime so much if raises not only kept up with inflation, but were actual raises? I don&#039;t think I&#039;m alone in saying I haven&#039;t gotten a &#039;raise&#039; since I hit top rate...many years ago. In all honesty, I feel like I&#039;m making less than I was 15 years ago. To all that said $25/hr is unsustainable, to those that said $30, those that are saying $40...have we waken up yet? This company makes billions, year after year after year. We don&#039;t manufacture a product. We&#039;re not hiring geniuses to design, innovate, or create anything. This company and all of the people who run it and who are getting rich from it would not exist without us and or labor. $50/hr should be a starting point by contract time...As in $50 as soon as it&#039;s ratified. We should at least be keeping up with other union trades...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MostHelpNeeded, post: 5205115, member: 66806"] I get that, and that would need to be worked out. We're not working 40 hours in only 3 days. While It is possible in 3.5 days, it then brings the overtime question. Overtime after 8? 10? 10?. I understand that even if we had a 40 hour pay guarantee, regardless of actual hours worked, It's the loss of overtime pay that hurts a lot of us. Perhaps we wouldn't need to depend on overtime so much if raises not only kept up with inflation, but were actual raises? I don't think I'm alone in saying I haven't gotten a 'raise' since I hit top rate...many years ago. In all honesty, I feel like I'm making less than I was 15 years ago. To all that said $25/hr is unsustainable, to those that said $30, those that are saying $40...have we waken up yet? This company makes billions, year after year after year. We don't manufacture a product. We're not hiring geniuses to design, innovate, or create anything. This company and all of the people who run it and who are getting rich from it would not exist without us and or labor. $50/hr should be a starting point by contract time...As in $50 as soon as it's ratified. We should at least be keeping up with other union trades... [/QUOTE]

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