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AAmech said:Because our pay was significantly higher than market rates at that time. Most other airlines were topping out around $21-22 an hour while our pay was $25-26 an hour.
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I think the TWU calculates "market rates" based on the average of WalMart, Home Depot, Lowes, and Walgreens. In 1983, the entry pay rate was lowered by the TWU from $13.05 to $10.00. And then in 1995, the TWU lowered that to $9.00, and now it is even lower than that. What is the current "market rate" and who set that standard? Which union in the industry currently has members being "market rates" and what is that per hour?
When you consider the pre-funding of retirement health, the union sponsored/theft LTD insurance, and the Flex Benefits out-of-pocket debacle, even the topped out wasn't above market rates, much less the lenghty top-out scale that many had not yet reached.
You and the likes of j7915 are on board with the "in bed with management" unionism alright. It shows in nearly every post the two of you make.
What is ironic, is "market rates" dictated the 6 year 6 1/2% robbery, yet the TWU set the new industry standard with the 2003 without further ratification restructure. It always someone else's fault with you industrial unionist and your stories don't stay consistent from one sell-out to the next.
Meanwhile your buddy Art Luby really likes to stir the pot.