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Their "big gains" are pretty much just standard of living increases they should have already received. Is it really winning then or just no longer losing as hard?
Edit: My comment above sounds negative on their accomplishment. Not what I intended. I'm just upset this was even required. Them achieving proper compensation now does not make up for the past decades of being underpayed IMO.
I think if any contract negotiation can ever be a win, this is.
Definitely a win in the short term view. But that isn't a win in the long term scale. That's just a reset to normal. A long term win would be ensuring they receive appropriate raises for the next two decades and more
Stopping something bad from happening is always a good thing. If your house is burning, getting out is still a win even if you are now homeless.
From what I read in another post it can be as much or more than 33% after the end of those years due to cost of living increase, so it looks like that is factored in the contract as well.
Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something
I hope it keeps going. America is fucked when it comes to worker's rights. We need a huge push from the majority of the working population and maybe we'll get to 20% of the protections/benefits most western European countries have.
It’s good for those that are able to get these gains, but the rest of us work for union busting, overworking, underpaying, understaffing fuckwads.
Workers in one sector making gains puts pressure on ither sectors to increase oay yo stay competitive. A cahin link fence factory that has a starting pay of $16 an hour wont be able to stay staffed when the car factory across town starts pay at $22