[ashhabib]

Canadian ST,Mar 13 2009, 06:20 PM Wrote:

FocusGuy7476,Mar 13 2009, 07:07 PM Wrote:

meford4u,Mar 13 2009, 08:23 PM Wrote:We don't make 55.12/hour.  Don't believe everything you hear.

We do make about $33/hour.
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and your union is complaining you can't live on less than $68k a year.
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Well I don’t work for the CAW but I would consider any position on the line to be at the very least skilled labor. These jobs are not as easy as everyone thinks they are, I am sure there are some gravy positions, but every company has those.

As for wages, they are willing to take a pay decrease until things get better.
Also when you make a certain wage you spend a certain amount of money (mortgage cars, kids going to University ..etc). You become accustomed to that "life style" The more you make the more you spend.

PS I doubt that $33 is the starting wage, the longer you work somewhere the more experience you get, therefore the more money you make.
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Isn't the $55.12/hr an all incumbent number that includes the average of health care, pensions, and wages? Thats where that number comes from. GM's was previously $70/hr because of so many pensioners