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packman

(16,296 posts) Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:03 AM Oct 2021

John Deere on strike - $1.84 over 5 yrs. - 37cents a yr. (spoiled workers)

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John Deere on strike - $1.84 over 5 yrs. - 37cents a yr. (spoiled workers) (Original Post) packman Oct 2021 OP

AND this was the first strike in 30 years. marble falls Oct 2021 #1

That offer is insulting. No wonder they are striking. LonePirate Oct 2021 #2

Good for them JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #3

Inflation has already eaten up the $1.84. Scruffy1 Oct 2021 #4

marble falls

(57,009 posts)

1. AND this was the first strike in 30 years.

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Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:04 AM

Oct 2021

LonePirate

(13,408 posts)

2. That offer is insulting. No wonder they are striking.

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Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:05 AM

Oct 2021

JustAnotherGen

(31,780 posts)

3. Good for them

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Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:12 AM

Oct 2021

My company pays manufacturing $20 an hour - jumping to $25 after 6 months. Add in annual bonus - and there are people who here, married here, saved here, and outright bought homes in New Jersey.

Scruffy1

(3,252 posts)

4. Inflation has already eaten up the $1.84.

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Mon Oct 18, 2021, 11:20 AM

Oct 2021

Besides that workers wages in real dollars have been declining for years. My first union construction job paid about $5 an hour plus full benefits. With inflation of about 1000% since then that would be over $50.00 per hour. That was for a laborer with no training or specific skills. Once you enter a contract your wages are frozen. but the company can always raise prices. That is why I am no fan of 5 year contracts.

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