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5x the federal minimum wage doing food service in a unionized job sounds about right.
by sudosysgen 5y ago
5x the federal minimum wage doing food service in a unionized job sounds about right.
- refurb 5y agoI worked a skilled union job in the 90’s and only made $16/hr so either OP is exaggerating (calling out OT rate) or was in a rare situation. $22/hr in 1995 was almost the median household income in the US. It's a lot of money for a fast food job.
- bastardoperator 5y agoI was in a rare situation, I eventually came to manage two of the Zoo restaurants and had quite a few staff reporting to me which is where the bump in rate came from. On slow days (less staff) I made about 13 dollars an hour which was still really good at the time. The moral of my story is that I made decent money as a hard working teenager, I took my job very seriously, and I was rewarded in such a way that would have never existed without a union.