One of the many things I do as a union representative, is negotiate wages with management. I argue my point using a number of tools, not least of which is the change in pay over time. I have one set of data which is what we use when negotiating, which represents the estimated change. I have another set which represents the actual change. I wanted to show not only these in relation to each other, but also the relative difference as it changes over time.
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