• @FrowingFostek
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    514 days ago

    Or I’d imagine, if the bonuses were part of the hypothetical collective bargaining agreement’s verbage, as an entitlement.

    • @jumperalex
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      313 days ago

      Yup, that’s reasonable too.

      But like, that makes it a lumpy salary and not a bonus if it’s an entitlement without a reasonable low floor. Are there union contracts that actually dictate it like that?

      Setting aside for a moment the understandable and reasonable belief that owners will try to fuck labor, a mandated cost divorced from the broader company financial performance metrics, sounds like a way to ensure bankruptcy. Even without this tariff nonsense there are real and honest cases where costs can skyrocket and a company has to adjust and that really does can little to nothing for the bonus pool (or other labor cost) without incurring a lot of financial risk.

      Again, not an argument against unions, 100% support organized labor, but at some point math is math.

      • @FrowingFostek
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        113 days ago

        Yes and, labor unions have foregone bonuses in moments like that. The working class has had to pry those bonuses back.

        I don’t think contracts are as rigid as most people would imagine. Especially if the rank and file vote not to collect on the bonus.

        The math do be mathing though.