"We gave up over $100 million in concessions in our last contract negotiations, and we haven’t had a raise in 5 years, yet the cost of living in the B

"We gave up over $100 million in concessions in our last contract negotiations, and we haven’t had a raise in 5 years, yet the cost of living in the Bay Area has spiked by over 18%." What I don't get is why they don't try to peg their salaries to something tangible in the local economy. I know that is already done with the pricing of Below Market Rate (BMR) housing. "A BMR unit will be resold at a restricted affordable price to a household that meets the first-time homebuyer and income qualifications for the program and for the particular unit. New BMR units will be repriced according to change in the median income from the time of the current owner’s purchase to the time of sale." In exchange for such a concession, the city cannot be blocked from improving cost saving measures associated with automation, including the dismissal of any employer whose job is no longer necessary. Any employee that loses his job due to automation would first consideration first for any new jobs they qualify for that are created as the system progresses. These two concessions on both sides take care of the employees and let the system progress. The other concessions the employees are asking for such as increased lighting to improve safety are completely reasonable and shouldn't even require negotiations to implement.