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Originally Posted by srmom
http://www.buildingc3.com/doc.asp?id=2836
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...
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You missed the point of my post entirely.
And there's nothing stopping you from learning a trade and earning union wages if that is what you desire.
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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
LOL. Oh no you didn't just post that.
I knew a guy who worked tool and die for Daimler Chrysler ( back when Daimler owned them) who made something along the lines of $98 an hour when he worked on Sundays. He also told me since no management was at work on Sundays they would just sit around drinking beer and watching TV/football while on the clock.....making $98 an hour. I was still in school at the time and up to my eyeballs in debt so I remember thinking, "F*ck college! I want to learn tool and die!".
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Again, so learn the trade and do it if life is so much better that way.
It's a bit like people who say it's nice to be poor, or easy. So do it then if it's so easy to live the high life off of food stamps. They're not volunteering to be broke for a reason.
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