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8. As an old union man, this was a common ploy management used to get a contract ratified.

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:50 AM

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They'd make us a shit offer, but add in a $500 yearly payment for the life of the contract.

It worked beautifully. For the management.

Maddeningly, members would vote for this, even though the rest of the contract would cause them to give up far more than $500 a year in benefits.

Yet the rank and file would see that $500 "ratification bonus" and vote for it. It was like giving up food for a month in exchange for a piece of pie today.

It was disheartening to hear my fellow employees crowing about the great deal they got.

Now the Trump Administration is trying to sell us a shit deal, and to many voters, tacking on a one-time $2000 payment will be the persuader.

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