We used to get raises every year!

[hotcarl]

We used to get raises every year, 4% as I recall. That on top of COLA. The basic premise was that as you became more profiecient at your job, you could do five percent more work every year. Ford won again. They expect 5% more work for 4% pay. Then to help the struggling auto industry out, we agreed to lump sum bonuses in the 2nd and 3rd year of the three year deal. One raise and two bonuses. Well the raises and bonuses then turned into 3% and the contract turned into four years. Now they only had to pay the raise every four years instead every year. They then cried poor again and strong-armed and whip-sawed us into freezing out cost of living raises and taking our last two lump sum raises all the while handing each other bonuses and restoring merit raises to the salary ranks. They will still time study you and expect 5% more work yet your buying power will be reduced on average 3-4% per year due to inflation. They will then brag after ratification how their labor costs only went up 1% and how they have stricter work rules and hand themselves even bigger bonuses. Thank God in four years, after 12 years of NO raises, when things are better we can get it all back. Live to fight another day you geniuses, as Mullally, Fields, Mulloy and Henrichs laugh all the way to the bank.

[danehilby]

We used to get raises every year, 4% as I recall. That on top of COLA. The basic premise was that as you became more profiecient at your job, you could do five percent more work every year. Ford won again. They expect 5% more work for 4% pay. Then to help the struggling auto industry out, we agreed to lump sum bonuses in the 2nd and 3rd year of the three year deal. One raise and two bonuses. Well the raises and bonuses then turned into 3% and the contract turned into four years. Now they only had to pay the raise every four years instead every year. They then cried poor again and strong-armed and whip-sawed us into freezing out cost of living raises and taking our last two lump sum raises all the while handing each other bonuses and restoring merit raises to the salary ranks. They will still time study you and expect 5% more work yet your buying power will be reduced on average 3-4% per year due to inflation. They will then brag after ratification how their labor costs only went up 1% and how they have stricter work rules and hand themselves even bigger bonuses. Thank God in four years, after 12 years of NO raises, when things are better we can get it all back. Live to fight another day you geniuses, as Mullally, Fields, Mulloy and Henrichs laugh all the way to the bank.

 

Isn't funny how the IAUW reps still get their raises EACH year?????