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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 117273" data-attributes="member: 2">Tell that to the 18,500 people that don't have a job anymore. According to (I think it was) the Washington Post the latest deal was a 8% reduction in pay, 17% increase in health benefits, and the payments to the pension plan would be reduced from $100 million to $25 million per year (people seriously still expect pensions? <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/noidea.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":noidea:" title="Noidea    :noidea:" data-shortname=":noidea:" />). The place I'd worked at before my current job cut all our salaries by 10% during the 08 bust. Was I happy? No, of course not, however I'd rather make 10% less than be unemployed. Oh and the baker's union that was responsible for this, only represented ~5,000 of those 18,500 employees.</blockquote>