Daily Kos: Here's why protecting wages and standards should be important to YOU

[Omaha Steve]

Last edited Wed Sep 17, 2014, 10:56 PM - Edit history (1)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/17/1330305/-Here-s-Why-Protecting-Wages-and-Standards-Should-be-Important-to-YOU




attribution: Todd Farally
Members of Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 walking a picket line at Bryn Mawr College.


By Todd Farally.

Often when on a picket or banner line people notice union members with our protest signs or the large inflatable rat and they're curious as to why we're there demonstrating.

One question that I'm always answering from passersby is, "why are you out here?" When I simply reply, "we're protesting a contractor on this jobsite for wages and standards" their eyes tend to just glaze over and they nod with a confused look on their face. I do always briefly expand on my statement and explain why it's important to uphold area wages and standards so that they can get a better grasp on why that is important and how it affects them and their neighbors.

I thought to myself that I need to further elaborate on this so people can fully understand how crucial it is to protect these wages and standards that working people have fought so hard to obtain. A portion of this article is taken from some of my previous writing because I felt it explained this issue where the average person could understand.

“What do you mean by wages and standards?”

Wages and standards are the hourly wage and benefits of a worker. More often than not, workers who are members of a union earn the highest wages and standards in their industry. When more workers earn these higher wages and standards, they contribute to the overall Prevailing Wage, which in turn raises up everyone else's standards of living.

FULL story at link.

[Adam051188]

1. we have large scale social engineering in the u.s. to keep people like this down.

"administrators", among others. people payed very well by the ownership class to pinch every penny that goes into actually producing anything valuable. thus we have contemporary america, land of the cheap, quick, and it'll break the second the warranty expires.

[Quantess]

2. K & R

[pampango]

3. The outsourcing of high-paying union jobs to local "contractors" and "consultants"

is the essence of privatization which results in weaker unions and lower wages.

Thanks for the post, Omaha Steve.

[Quantess]

4. .

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Omaha Steve.