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>> In Europe and Australia, all those jobs get done and the people doing them get fairly compensated for it. For example, the pay for a garbage truck driver is
by icelancer 6y ago
>> In Europe and Australia, all those jobs get done and the people doing them get fairly compensated for it. For example, the pay for a garbage truck driver is actually quite high, because it's an unpleasant job and they need to attract people to do it. And because the salary is high, it's also heavily automated, with pickers that grab bins and empty them into the truck.
This is true in America as well, FYI. It's a large source of union jobs.
- selimthegrim 6y agoWell in New Orleans right now they’re using prisoners to break a strike. And they do ride/run behind the truck.
- malkuth23 6y agoThey actually stopped using prisoners, but are still only paying $10.25 an hour and work one of the hardest jobs I can imagine. They are basically not allowed to use the lift on the truck because it slows them down, so they hand lift my cans every time in the 95 degree heat.
- selimthegrim 6y agoI do hear them (here in lower nine) use the lift sometimes.