Reply #50: I was part of [View All]

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the group of non-unionized, mostly college-educated computer "employees" who did the creative work for a company that was able to extract a lot of productivity which was a benefit to the CEOs and upper-managers while we were left rather marginally compensated.

Now many of us are laid off while the company streamlines their offerings.

Most college-educated workers don't expect to have to join a union - and yet it seemed like it would have been the only way to get anywhere.

Even so - I don't think it would help the current scenerio - with jobs being shipped to somewhere else.


I guess I'm more in favor of minumum living wages - because unless EVERYONE is in a union - sometimes even managers - it seems to me that wages get out of whack (unskilled workers making higher wages than skilled workers).

I suppose someone could say - well, maybe the skilled person should just do the unskilled, union job. But I don't think that is the answer.