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Originally Posted by topnotch, standup guy
Everytime someone loses a real job, not a burger flipping job but a real job, this country loses another taxpayer and goes a little deeper into the toilet  |
The difference between that "real job" (the one where a 9th grade drop-out gets paid $70 to put bolt-A into nut-B) and the burger-flipping dude - is union greed.
My cousin dropped out of school in the 9th grade back in the late 70s and a few years later went to work for Chrysler - eventually making $45/hr. plus benefits. The last few years he worked at Chrysler he sat in a chair supervising a paint waterfall.
The economy simply can't sustain that - but the unions aren't/weren't willing to accept that.
I, for one...am glad to see the unions getting a reality check. We've heard this said time and time again - unions once served a useful purpose and helped improve working conditions, health and safety, etc. But these days they've morphed into a big greed machine.