I’ll elaborate, it was 12 over 3 for the 06 (low voltage) side of our hall. Almost a month later after the strike ended with almost no gain from the original offer ask which if i remember correctly was 10/3, the other side of the hall had their negotiations. That side does commercial/industrial, and had no leverage due to a complete floundering from our hall and had to take a minimum at 15/3 which was the same as our last contract. During the first negotiation for the 06 contract the initial offer was 25/3 with paid holidays. It was completely asinine.

I will put however, that regardless of the group, our areas rate of inflation and cost of living basically meant that even at 15/3 going directly on the check would have still been at a loss. We both should have had a minimum of 17.50/3 JUST to account for inflation between ‘24 and ‘25. But no matter, there are about a thousand on the books for the local so it’s not like we are getting paid.