Friday, September 08, 2006

2834 Labor unions recruiting illegals

Labor unions are heavy contributors to these various immigrant marches and demonstrations so trendy this year. Unions have no qualms about accepting dues from illegals (that's a legal loophole that needs to be plugged). How does the rank and file union member tolerate this? Do they not get what bringing in people who will take lower paid jobs will do to them? Why would an employer hire someone at union wage?

Toledo Blade is having a lock-out. I don't know enough about union negotiations to comment on the issues, but I can read salary information. In Sunday's paper there was a full page ad listing salaries [top range], medical benefits, pension plan, etc. Benefits: they all get 100% medical, surgical, vision, dental; paid sick leave up to 13 weeks; up to 5 weeks vacation; tuition reimbursement; paid holidays, employees assistance plan, overtime pay after 37.5 hours; paid military/jury leave.

I only jotted down two positions, neither of which require a lot of education, communication skills, team effort or personality. Rack sales: $38,617 + benefits ($13,516) = $52,133. Driver: $44,447 + benefits ($15,556) + OT ($7,419) = $67,422.

Next we'll be hearing that Americans don't want to drive delivery trucks or stock newspaper stands. There's a lot of illegals in northern Ohio probably willing to work for much less.




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