101 to [email protected]English • 6 days agoBoeing factory workers go on strike after rejecting contract offer.www.voanews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down10
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minus-squareToes♀linkfedilink14•6 days ago25% over 4 years? So if you’re making 20$/hr you’ll be getting a ~1.25$ raise every year. How generous…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•edit-26 days ago1.25×40×52= +2,600 per year before taxes, they would hit +10k after 4 years which almost certainly won’t keep up with inflation. So at best they would have equal spending power to when the 4 year period started
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•6 days agoIt is roughly 5% increase each year, right? Inflation in Seattle is about 3.1% - so it is a very meh offer from the business.
minus-square@atzanteollinkEnglish2•6 days agoSorry, what rate do you think inflation is at? More than 25% over 4 years?
25% over 4 years? So if you’re making 20$/hr you’ll be getting a ~1.25$ raise every year. How generous…
That’s an extra $10,400/year.
1.25×40×52= +2,600 per year before taxes, they would hit +10k after 4 years which almost certainly won’t keep up with inflation. So at best they would have equal spending power to when the 4 year period started
It is roughly 5% increase each year, right? Inflation in Seattle is about 3.1% - so it is a very meh offer from the business.
Sorry, what rate do you think inflation is at? More than 25% over 4 years?