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Old 12-01-2008, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by preciousjeni View Post
Ah you wisely edited your post. I was going to say, I suppose it would be hard for me to be a scab as I've never personally been involved with a company that had unions... plus the fact that my mother has been part of the same union for oh I don't know...decades? So, my livelihood was essentially dependent on the work she (and they on her behalf) did.

Try better next time.
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Originally Posted by preciousjeni View Post
Low skilled + overtime + union backing = the salary they make. I get that.

ETA: No one "deserves" any salary. We all have a market value and some of us have artificial values assigned to us whether it's through union backing, government assigned salary grades, etc.

Does that mean your mom is overpaid and unskilled?
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