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Old 07-19-2007, 02:37 PM   #35
JiriHrdina
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Originally Posted by Burninator View Post
Well stress is harmful to your health and I think of it the same way someone would get a "danger pay". It would be like paying a fire fighter less because the possibility of getting hurt or dieing should be expected of a would be fire fighter. Hardly good motivation for someone interested in going into the field.
But clearly the motivation was there. That's my point. The knew the job going into it, so to ask fo rmore money because of stress is irrelevent. The stress has always been there - unless their position is that the stress has risen due to factors beyond their control. If this is the case those arguments hold water. But otherwise it doesn't. The job is the same, as is the stress.

If they are arguing that they should be paid more to match Calgary's inflation - that also makes more sense to me. But not the stress one.
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