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There's always been a lower class working terrible jobs. Driving for Uber or working fast food for $8/hour is a terrible job, but it's not as bad as working in
by leereeves 8y ago
There's always been a lower class working terrible jobs. Driving for Uber or working fast food for $8/hour is a terrible job, but it's not as bad as working in a steel mill or coal mine.
- sciurus 8y agoExcept the people working in the mills and mines have full time employment with benefits and salaries averaging over $50k.
- leereeves 8y agoNow they do, yes. That wasn't the case 100 years ago when the steel industry was cutting edge.
- repraptim 8y agoRegistered this account to point out that, when mining was a dangerous job that didn't pay well, we invented unions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Mine_Workers#Development_of_the_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Mine_Workers#Developmen...
- FactolSarin 8y agoThe mean pay of a Steel Mill is $49,050. That's a lot better than an Uber driver. It used to be significantly higher.