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<blockquote data-quote="Redtag" data-source="post: 5628213" data-attributes="member: 70933">How am I feeling entitled?&nbsp; The first sentance in my post is I am not a driver... I am also not a teamster, I am here defending people I see working hard and just asking for a fair raise and not to see the next generation get bent over. You say many work hard for a lot less than 100k, this is very true,&nbsp; we should work to bring those people upto a&nbsp; better existence rather than trying to tear down the few remaining good earning jobs for non elites.Over the last 40 years or so this country has seen executive and top end professional pay skyrocket while the middle class continues to shrink. Most households need 2 earners in the house to achieve the standard of living that was once able to be achieved in a single income household.&nbsp; There is data out there that shows the decline of unions is directly related, in a non union workplace the worker has no say in the wages and benefits other than quiting,&nbsp; organized labor is why our people make what they make and the threat of a labor stoppage and harassment of any sort of scab labor brought in is the biggest tool the unionized worker has.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Redtag, post: 5628213, member: 70933"] How am I feeling entitled? The first sentance in my post is I am not a driver... I am also not a teamster, I am here defending people I see working hard and just asking for a fair raise and not to see the next generation get bent over. You say many work hard for a lot less than 100k, this is very true, we should work to bring those people upto a better existence rather than trying to tear down the few remaining good earning jobs for non elites. Over the last 40 years or so this country has seen executive and top end professional pay skyrocket while the middle class continues to shrink. Most households need 2 earners in the house to achieve the standard of living that was once able to be achieved in a single income household. There is data out there that shows the decline of unions is directly related, in a non union workplace the worker has no say in the wages and benefits other than quiting, organized labor is why our people make what they make and the threat of a labor stoppage and harassment of any sort of scab labor brought in is the biggest tool the unionized worker has. [/QUOTE]

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