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Originally Posted by Drolefille
When you make claims like "The unions intentionally price the poor out of work" you're the one failing at logic.
You can argue that this is a side effect, but the goal of unions is to ensure that their workers, many of whom are poor themselves, get paid a liveable wage and are treated fairly.
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When the union wage for a painter is $32.15, and the union wage for a roofer is $31.30. Is it any wonder that people are paying illegal workers for this type of work, thus taking away employment for "poor" Americans?
Considering that these hourly union wages compute out to around $65,000 a year, I'd call that way above a "liveable wage".
I work full time for an oil company, doing logistics and planning, and my salary doesn't come close to that. Maybe I should have skipped college and just picked up a paintbrush...