Tim Nelson said:
The one who is acting is you. Acting like this letter is a benefit to our current contract, when 'we" are happy what we got, is either intellectually dishonest or just way over your head.
im pretty sure that "you" wouldnt be happy over anything, and you are intellectually(or otherwise) dishonest if you say you would be... and i think everything is over your head.. thats why day one of reading the TA you didnt really comment and after someone else told you what was "wrong" with it you come out full force against the entire thing. by the way its not the company thats the issue with the health coverage, in 2018. its the government.
So many things can change with it between now and then, the entire thing could be repealed... (not likely) the president could once again push back the employer mandate... congress could eliminate it all together.. so then the 2018 date would be pushed back further.. or done away with, the court may rule against parts of it.
you speak of certainties on a subject that is rife with uncertainties... so my question is and ill back it up with 100 dollars can you tell me right now, with certainty what will happen between now and 2018 that can guarantee what the government will do, and how the company will respond?
this piece of paper only deals with the excise tax that may or may not come, its not even certain with the current regulations in right now. but it gives us an amount of leverage. does it give us total leverage? no.. but then again no company would negotiate losing their entire point of leverage you would argue till the cows come home and you evolved wings and could fly but thats not going to happen.
and im pretty sure that even if by some miracle they were able to negotiate full leverage you would probably say its still not enough... right timmy??
you still havent told us what would have been acceptable... reasonably acceptable.. not timmys fantasy of supreme domination of all around you. what would you have done, that the company would have agreed to that the government would allow inside the regulations of the ACA as it currently stands... (not counting any actions by the president congress or the courts.)
since i dont think you know enough about the aca i doubt you could give a decent answer... but please lets see it...