| Council Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The great, dead heart of suburbia Gender:  Posts: 1,537 Country:  Level up: 3%, 194 Points needed |  | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jefferson  Do you READ before you type this stuff?
I'm not talking about migrant vegetable pickers here. I'm talking about full-time meat-packing plant workers in the Midwest. STARTING PAY - at Swift & Company - is over $10 per hour. Do you know what minimum wage is, or have you never even had a job yet?
Good lord you're dumb. You just DON'T get it, do you? | Jesus, you really are incurable.
Minimum wage is starting pay for a job. As I mentioned, if the company has starting pay, that outweighs minimum wage. They can go higher, but employers will want to cover up the fact that their employees are immigrants by paying the same. Still, there are plenty of people paying below the minimum. So many arrive that they're practically a disposable commodity to employers. My town has a stretch of highway upon which you can name a price and a few workers will jump forward. Of course, you might need to know a little Spanish, but they are willing to work below the minimum wage. I've never done it, but it happens. "Every time I hear the phrase 'Christian nation' I run to my car and blast a Slayer album at full volume." - Me
Last edited by Antithesis; 02-01-2007 at 05:31 PM.
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