Some of the comments are close, but in actuality Metro Government gave all non union employees a 3.5 % raise this year. That is the very minimum we should settle for. Now that we have new President John McGuire who wan't on the negotiationg committee because keeling kicked him off the day before they started, we should make sure that John knows how we feel. E-mail him with your comments. We have always in every contract received money retro active to the date the contract expired and won't settle