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In reply to the discussion: Trickle down social justice will work out just as well as trickle down economics did. [View all]needledriver
(836 posts)My work partner is a straight white female who does the same job I do and gets paid exactly as much as I do.
My immediate supervisor is a black gay female. The department supervisor is a straight white female, and the department head is a white female and I don't know if she is straight or gay because the subject never came up and it is not important in relation to how well she does her job.
The supervisors and department head make more than I do because their pay scale is defined by our union contracts according to their job classification, not their sex or sexual orientation.
In the rest of my department we have straight, gay, male, female, Anglo, Latino, and Filipino workers, and in case you were wondering the Filipino workers are paid more than I am because of their highly skilled job classification.
We have a well funded pension plan, an excellent health plan, aggressive work place safety training, and strong support from the Local office, who will fight for your rights in the workplace regardless of your sex or sexual orientation.
Because I belong to a strong union I have affordable health care and my fellow workers are guaranteed equal pay for equal work regardless of sex, race, national origin, or sexual orientation.
So why do you shit on it calling it "trickle down social justice"?