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In reply to the discussion: Why $1,000 One Time Bonuses are Part of the Tax Scam [View all]louis c
(8,652 posts)48. Every Worker deserves a raise every year
That's how I negotiate. If you make $25 an hour, you deserve a seventy five cent or one dollar raise per year.
Unions set the wage standards. A $1,000 bonus, with no wage increase, amounts to a one time bonus equal to one year of 50 cents an hour.
The middle class was built by organized labor which provided health care, pensions, annuities and wage increases.
Can you tell me where I said a $1,000 bonus was worthless? But it is far less than workers deserve, on a yearly basis, and far less than any of the 22 contracts that I negotiated in the past 4 years.
A one time $1,000 bonus, in lieu of a 3 year, annual percentage raise, is selling yourself short, in my opinion. If you are OK with "settling", that's your choice.
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It's been going on for year - I worked for big pharma - in the 1990s they decided to
NRaleighLiberal
Jan 2018
#7
How many of the bonus recipients of any company have subsequently lost their jobs?
George II
Jan 2018
#16
Excellent post.Bonuses are no more than one time "tips" at the whims and control of Employers/Corps.
stuffmatters
Jan 2018
#18
We should encourage people to donate those $1k bonuses to Democratic leaders
fescuerescue
Jan 2018
#21
Another way to look at it is how much these "one-time" bonuses are compared to the corporations tax
maxrandb
Jan 2018
#22
executives have learned it's bad p.r. to cash in bigly and leave employees in the dust.
unblock
Jan 2018
#27
Plus, only a tiny percentage got those $1,000 bonuses (only full timers with over 20 years).
SunSeeker
Jan 2018
#32
Someone on NPR reported that many companies had already planned bonuses anyway just to
Nitram
Jan 2018
#33
Factually:Union negotiation/contract by CWA more responsible for AT&T bonuses than Tax Scam Bill.
stuffmatters
Jan 2018
#43