No one likes to see this happen (in a sane company workers profit when the company does)--but it's a regrettable situation caused by a power agenda rather than a profit agenda driving negotiations. There's no "team" effort which realizes everyone can gain. In time maybe this will be realized, but it WILL take time.
An excellent point.....sums up their approach for the past 20 years....
Their strategy is now costing them and needs to change. It's time we were treated as members of the same team.