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<blockquote data-quote="HarryWarden" data-source="post: 5640100" data-attributes="member: 100171">first off thanks for the friendly discussion. Here is my pointWe SHOULD be able to. We used to be able to do that. We used to be able to support a family of 5 off a single income full time. That is even harder to do now days. It shouldn’t be though. And the biggest reason is corporate greedMy whole argument this entire point is a part time warehouse worker at 15 years should have the same hourly rate as a full time warehouse worker. That’s it.The argument against is artificially lowering the rate for reasons that no one can really explain. I really don’t think im saying anything crazy.A full time warehouse position guarantees you full time hours. That is a big benefit, especially if you are supporting a family. I’m just saying a part time warehouse worker doing the same job should have the same hourly rate. And no one has really given me a reason against it.Some have said “part time work shouldn’t support you”, I say don’t worry about that. We’re doing the same job loading packages, we’re both seasoned workers, we’re both in the union, we should get the same rateA driver who signs a 9.5 list and works 8 hours shouldn’t get a lower hourly rate than the driver who works 10 ( besides over time of course)Another big point is the low part time wage only weakens full time positions. Why would the company create full time positions when they can just have a part time worker double and still pay him $15 less an hour?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HarryWarden, post: 5640100, member: 100171"] first off thanks for the friendly discussion. Here is my point We SHOULD be able to. We used to be able to do that. We used to be able to support a family of 5 off a single income full time. That is even harder to do now days. It shouldn’t be though. And the biggest reason is corporate greed My whole argument this entire point is a part time warehouse worker at 15 years should have the same hourly rate as a full time warehouse worker. That’s it. The argument against is artificially lowering the rate for reasons that no one can really explain. I really don’t think im saying anything crazy. A full time warehouse position guarantees you full time hours. That is a big benefit, especially if you are supporting a family. I’m just saying a part time warehouse worker doing the same job should have the same hourly rate. And no one has really given me a reason against it. Some have said “part time work shouldn’t support you”, I say don’t worry about that. We’re doing the same job loading packages, we’re both seasoned workers, we’re both in the union, we should get the same rate A driver who signs a 9.5 list and works 8 hours shouldn’t get a lower hourly rate than the driver who works 10 ( besides over time of course) Another big point is the low part time wage only weakens full time positions. Why would the company create full time positions when they can just have a part time worker double and still pay him $15 less an hour? [/QUOTE]

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