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YSG -> RE: 7 Reasons You Should Join a Union (8/2/2012 1:40:43 PM)
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ORIGINAL: OsideGirl
Here's the thing: You're so brainwashed by the union that you won't even admit that $56,000 a year (probably between $70k - $75k after benefits and overtime) to drive a truck and push a button is ridiculous.
Instead you're here trying to justify a job that requires no education and a skill set that almost everyone with a drivers license possesses, deserves that kind of income. Especially considering the other public services that are being cut due to lack of funding.
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ORIGINAL: thompsonx
How much do you think a garbage truck driver should be paid?
In answer to this question: Less than a teacher or firefighter. Average teachers salary here is $55,000 and the average firefight makes $59,000.00.
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ORIGINAL: KYsissy
I had that thought but I did not want to instigate. A friend of mine is in the UAW, And he is always bitching about the deadwood on the payroll they cannot get rid of. His foreman will walk past 2 guys sleeping and go to him to ask him to do something. So yes it is hard to get rid of a bad employee in certain unions.
But he does love his benefits and pay checks!
If my brother worked in the private sector, he wouldn't have a job.
I don't begrudge him his salary. He has a job that required education and certain set of skills. But he misses so much time that if it wasn't for the Union, he would have been long gone. Instead, they're holding to determine how he should be disciplined, while I'm amazed he still has a job.
I love my brother dearly, but even I would have fired him at this point.
No its not rediculous. A living wage for honest work is not rediculous. Have you ever thought that maybe a union worker isnt overpaid, you're just underpaid? Also, how much time has your brother missed? Is there a good reason for it?
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