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Originally Posted by T@T
I'm all for getting rid of unions but how do you ensure fair wages? Look at truck drivers for example, 25 years ago I drove truck and made $18.80/hr under the teamsters union, from memory I think dock workers back then made about a dollar or so less. I see help wanted signs for dock workers today for $16.00/hr
Now that the teamsters are basically gone from Canada if I were to look for the same job I would be lucky to earn $22.00/hr, using an inflation calculator this job should pay somewhere around $34.00/hr. It's a travesty IMO.
One thing unions do/did was keep wages strong according to inflation.
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The problem with this is that higher wages cause inflation - if your truck driver should be earning a hypothetical $34 an hour ($70k a year on a 40 hour work week), I should be well into 6 figures in IT, never mind the people even more qualified and specialized than me.
At that point, $10-15 for a bag of apples is probably the norm, and we'd need another round of raises.