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<blockquote data-quote="rudy5150" data-source="post: 1068569" data-attributes="member: 44431"><p>[h=2][/h][h=1]Part-Time Poverty by the Numbers[/h] November 21, 2012: Part-time wages are at an all-time low at UPS. How much do part-timers deserve a raise? Consider these facts:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The starting rate of $8.50 is less than minimum wage in some states.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Before 1982, part-timers made the same wages as full-timers. That year, the starting rate was cut to $8. It has gone up just 50¢ in 30 years.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If part-time wages had just kept up with inflation, then the starting wage for part-timers today would be $19.18.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Today's starting wage of $8.50 is worth just $3.71 in 1982 dollars.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In the last contract, UPS part-timers went backwards. New employees now have to wait one year to get medical benefits, 18 months for family coverage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">UPS will make more than $4 billion this year. Half of UPS employees are part-timers. It's time to end part-time poverty at UPS.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rudy5150, post: 1068569, member: 44431"] [h=2][/h][h=1]Part-Time Poverty by the Numbers[/h] November 21, 2012: Part-time wages are at an all-time low at UPS. How much do part-timers deserve a raise? Consider these facts: [LIST] [*]The starting rate of $8.50 is less than minimum wage in some states. [*]Before 1982, part-timers made the same wages as full-timers. That year, the starting rate was cut to $8. It has gone up just 50¢ in 30 years. [*]If part-time wages had just kept up with inflation, then the starting wage for part-timers today would be $19.18. [*]Today's starting wage of $8.50 is worth just $3.71 in 1982 dollars. [*]In the last contract, UPS part-timers went backwards. New employees now have to wait one year to get medical benefits, 18 months for family coverage. [*]UPS will make more than $4 billion this year. Half of UPS employees are part-timers. It's time to end part-time poverty at UPS. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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