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An auto assembly line worker probably makes more like $25-31/hr straight up. Ford pays on average $40,000/yr per active employee on health care benefits, $18.92/hr! The average company is $2/hr the average union job is $4/hr. They get 14 holiday days and 4 weeks paid vacation in addition to paid sick leave. A healthy 401k sharing program too. I'm sure when there is hiring at the plants, they get a line out the door of qualified applicants. That to me is the real sign if somebody is paid well. Are there hiring shortages that can't be easily filled? There is a truck driver shortage; there would be no truck driver shortage if they were paid like auto workers. Teachers seem to complain, but around here there are 20+ qualified applicants for every vacant position offered at the public school. Undocumented seasonal pickers or roofers doing the jobs citizens won't do? It's because they are under paid, and without the undercutting the wages would have to go up just by laws of supply and demand... Or a machine would be built to do the work.
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