[kdragan77]

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What a real cost of living adjustment looks like:

In August 2020 drivers made $38.44; that would be $41.96 in today’s dollars using the consumer price index (CPI). So we are already behind.

The February 2022 CPI was .08% or 9.4% annual inflation.

Using the government’s past CPI numbers, and using February’s CPI going forward…

Here is what we need just to keep 2020 buying power:

August 2022…$42.16

August 2023…$46.21 At contract signing

August 2024…$50.64

August 2025…$55.51

August 2026…$60.83

August 2027…$66.67

August 2028…$73.07

And before someone says that is too much, consider what management got a month ago…

1.5 MIP comes out to a yearly bonus (on top of wages) of the following:

4 months’ salary MIP for Supervisor (say $33,000)

7 month’s salary for a business manager (say $70,000)

11.8 months salary for a division manager (say $180,000)

There is also, in addition, the ownership incentive of 1 month’s salary.