the unemployed ones don't......Who besides unions represents labor? Then fuck off. We already know you hate the American workers. We make too much.
What do you think about Walmart, McD and Factory workers who are making below poverty level wages? Do you think the corporations that make great profits should be paying above poverty level? I do.
Think about it like these companies are using the us tax payer to subsodize their profits. On YOUR back. Because these workers often have to get foodstamps because they don't make enough.
So either the employees have to unionize or the government has to pass a minimum wage increase. I'd rather the companies just do it out of fear of either. Too much greed. If they can't ship the job overseas they want to hire illegals to do it on the cheap. Anything to not pay an American worker a fair wage.
This brings everyones wages down.
Working at Walmart can hardly be considered high-tech. Were Walmart unable to fill open positions at low hourly wage, then market forces would cause them to raise wages. To my knowledge, Walmart forces no one to work for them. Such jobs will always exist because there are always a number of folks who simply have not the ambition to gain the necessary training to move up the food chain. Such jobs should be held by college students and such and not by any family's primary bread winner.
Most of the Big 3 Unionized Auto workers today would be considered unskilled labor. If they weren't unionized, they would have only made minimum wage.
2. This is why they sent all the jobs overseas and turned a blind eye on illegals from 2000-2008. They wanted the market flooded with workers and no jobs so they could lower wages.
Walmart should unionize. Unless you want to hold your breath and wait for jobs to be plentiful again.
And if scabs try to cross the picket line, there should be hell to pay.
Good for you in recognizing the problem. You fail at your solution though. Unionization isn't the solution in an environment where there is a vast surplus of workers. Secondly, we can do more than just "hold our breath and wait for jobs to be plentiful again" but you're not ready yet to cross that bridge. The solution which helps bring about what you want is staring you in the face, you just have to accept it as necessary.
Yes it is the solution. What you are saying is that we shouldn't unionize now because there are plenty of people who need work that will take our jobs? That's exactly when you should unionize. That way the company can't just fire you and replace you with someone else. You actually would have a right to your job, provided you are doing a good job.
But I do agree it would be great if we could lower unemployment and yes that would help bring up wages. But not if everyone is paying $10 hr.
The only reason non union companies for 30 years paid as well as they did was they didn't want their employees to unionize. Now that unions are all but dead, companies across the board can keep wages low.
What can we do besides hold our breath? You said #2 and you didn't tell me what # 2 was. I'm waiting.