Q: When other industries get pay increases, they get full back pay – why not us?
Other groups besides airlines and railroads (under the RLA) have contracts that expire, while our contract becomes amendable. Although it is a slight difference, it does have an impact. That is the #1 reason that our negotiations take years instead of months. The back-pay liability of other industries is much lower. We were able to achieve retro back to the amendable date of December 2022.