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Originally Posted by opendoor
Most of the workers don't necessarily need to live off it though, because normally they still get paid during the strike. Yes, they have to pay back overpayments, but because of how far back the current agreement is going (back into 2021), they'd need to be on strike for a decent amount of time to actually end up losing money out of pocket.
Even just with the government's offer, employees would be owed about 11% of their annual salary for the retroactive payment, so that's almost 1.5 months' worth of salary right there, plus any strike pay they get. And if they somehow get their wage demands met, then their payment would be about 18% of their annual salary, which means they could sustain 2-3 months of strike action without losing any money.
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This assumes they get retro pay, they probably will but it’s still something that would need to be negotiated. I thought the government was offering 9% over 3 so I’m not sure your 11% retro pay figure is accurate but your overall point should give people a better understanding of the not so obvious leverage the union members have here.