Your right about that. Cost of living is through the roof. Takes 2 incomes to have a family out this way. 1 to pay the mortgage, 2nd to pay for the kids lol.Cost of living in through the roof there. My wife is making close to 80k right now
Your right about that. Cost of living is through the roof. Takes 2 incomes to have a family out this way. 1 to pay the mortgage, 2nd to pay for the kids lol.Cost of living in through the roof there. My wife is making close to 80k right now
Your right about that. Cost of living is through the roof. Takes 2 incomes to have a family out this way. 1 to pay the mortgage, 2nd to pay for the kids lol.
The couple of traveling nurses i met said they love it. Its almost like a paid vacation. Since there room and board are covered they get to spend money site seeing when they actually have some days off.They were paying traveling nurses to go out there and work the understaffed hospitals. I cant remember the wages, but it was insane and they covered room and board.
GM doesn't want crippling legacy costs.I'm really curious about the economics behind Unions vs not.
Is union labor really inflating the cost of production for GM, or is it simply too expensive regardless of Union labor to produce here?
Plus they’re traveling and usually younger without a family, so, you know, they’re fun to hang with on breaks, in the stairwell, etc.The couple of traveling nurses i met said they love it. Its almost like a paid vacation. Since there room and board are covered they get to spend money site seeing when they actually have some days off.
Also in my personal experience the travel nurses are much nicer and love there job more than the nurse that actually work for the hospital.
I am not your typical union guy, I am a conservative, hard working, Republican, union steward. There is a lot of misinformation flying around, so I will see what I can clear up.
1. You can't fire a union employee.
Yes, you can. Most employees are fired for time and attendance which is cut and dried and the union can't help them. Other problems can cause termination if the supervisor documents the infractions and follows the company policies to fire the employee. The problem is that most lower and middle management are just as lazy as the people they are complaining about and don't do their part to solve the problem.
2.Unions fight for the bad employees.
Yes, we do. You don't have to fight for the good employees because they don't get in trouble. If there is a bad employee and management has done their due diligence, we put up a token fight. If management has not done their part, we defend the member tooth and nail so that later people don't start getting fired on a supervisor's whim.
3. Unions don't impact non-union wages
Wages and benefits in a union shop are generally higher than a non union shop. I am not a believer in the mantra that without unions every job would go to minimum wage with no benefits, but I do believe that the union scale makes non-union shops keep pace in order to keep workers and keep unions out.
4.Unions send jobs overseas.
A lot goes into a companies decision to move a plant overseas. You can find areas around the world where people will work for pennies an hour. Often the labor rates alone are not enough to move a plant. Environmental regulations, taxes, utility rates all play a roll in making the decision to move a plant. We still have manufacturing in the US because our quality and productivity generally offset the lower wages.
5.A monkey could do that job.
Yes, probably, but you couldn't pay me enough to do that mind numbing soulless task. Hence the higher pay for those that can do it.
6. I can negotiate my own deal.
Imagine 100,000 people tromping into HR every 1,2,3 or 4 years trying to renew their contract. Not exactly an efficient way to run a major corporation.
Here's my thing.. what if the Union workers simply became to expensive, and drove costs of goods up? It's hard to expect a company to maintain financial health when the cost of their workforce is more than just the labor hours.
mine matches 401K contributions up to 6%
I'm laughing my ass off at this entire post.
But are they really too expensive? The cost of goods always seem to go up.
Use Walmart for example. No union but the prices keep raising.
But are they really too expensive? The cost of goods always seem to go up.
Use Walmart for example. No union but the prices keep raising.
Walmarts mostly import goods.
You can thank Trump for COG's going up on that one.
I hope no one was planning on getting a C8 Vette before the end of the year.
Wrong paying there employees more passing it on to us. Yeah there are tariffs but good On Trump for doing something about it. I hardly shop at Walmart anymore. I did for oil but they pissed me off with the ammo stance.
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If it means China gets the message on currency manipulation and that this country is done letting them walk all over us then Ill pay higher prices on Chinese imports.Walmarts mostly import goods.
You can thank Trump for COG's going up on that one.
But are they really too expensive? The cost of goods always seem to go up.
If it means China gets the message on currency manipulation and that this country is done letting them walk all over us then Ill pay higher prices on Chinese imports.