It was only five thousand bakers who held out, but 18,500 lost their jobs due to the shutdown. If the news report on tv is accurate. So 5000 employees taking an eight percent cut on $33,000 equals?
$13,200,000.
What's the cost of pay, bonuses, retirement, and perks for the white collar employees?
Why does the guy making $33000 have to carry the costs of everything? Maybe we should all make min wage, that's $16000 a year! Gross. Not net.
If it was a non union company, they would just do it, and it wouldn't make the news. There'd be 5000 more people living at poverty level. Pretty soon we won't be able to buy the crap were importing from china.
After the majority of people get driven into the streets, and the corporations rule, like in the early 1900s, well have another wave of organizing. Just like then. And why? Because those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it. And apparently most here are of that sort.
Why is there never common ground? Corporate profits are at an average all time high, but that's not the workers business to worry about. Is it?
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