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louis c

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4. Boston has jobs at higher wages
Sun Aug 20, 2017, 12:39 PM
Aug 2017

I work in an office at a trade union with 6,300 members.

We have everyone working at a total wage package of $93 per hour.

We are fully employed, in fact taking in "travelers". These are tradesmen who belong to a union outside of our jurisdiction. They come to Boston and work at our wage rate from these so called right to work states (Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and such).

Funny how that works. One of the strongest union states in the country, Massachusetts, is at full employment with the highest wages. Funny how that works, ha. The economy is strongest when the most people earn a living wage with benefits to support their families.

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