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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
And we don't even have to talk about money. I, for one, enjoy my 40-hour work week, my appropriate safety training and equipment, and the occasional holiday.
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Who doesn't? No one has said that the original intent of the Unions was bad.
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In fact, when I purchase a vehicle, I'm glad it was made by skilled workers!
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I don't care wh knows what I make. Like I said, I have a bachelors degree. I've been at my company, an automotive supplier, for 2 years. I make $28/year. I don't know how people manage to survive on that, but I can't. So much so that I'm still stuck living with my parents. I am grossly underpaid. So forgive me if i don't feel bad for someone with barely a high school education making more than twice per hour than I do, to sit and push a button all day. They make in the $20s/hr and have awesome benefits and so far a pension, while my classmates and I have struggled to find decent paying jobs. Hell some of the UAW make more than those in the skilled trades. There are teachers and firemen who are paid less. Depending on what someone does on the line, I wouldn't call them a skilled worker. I'd call them lucky that they got in there. (for those who don't know, you have to basically know someone to get into the Big 3. you don't just apply)
And, perhaps it's only those of us living in the Detroit area that know what some of those workers are doing on their lunch? And who protected their asses from getting canned? The UAW. Yes, it was only SOME that got caught, a fraction of how many people actually work at the plants. But those SOME are working on the car that you drive every day with your family and kids and pets and whatever else you drive around. Plus, who knows how many others never got caught? They should be drug tested every year for what they are working on, but I'm sure the UAW would block that thought immediately.
Going back to the teacher thing, 55 kids per class?! I didn't have that many in my college classes. That's insane!