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Average pay for union jobs in Europe is far less than $50,000

• toomuchtodo 5y ago
  And yet quality of life is much higher.
• klyrs 5y ago
  That's one side of the equation; what's the cost of living?
  • missedthecue 5y ago
    According to the OECD, Americans have more disposable after adjusting for government transfers for things like healthcare, education, and childcare. And it's not even close. https://data.oecd.org/hha/household-disposable-income.htm https://data.oecd.org/hha/household-disposable-income.htm
• beaconstudios 5y ago
  Most unions in Europe are for blue collar work. In the UK (anecdotally) I've seen a lot more developers form cooperatives than unions, and even the cooperatives are fairly rare.