Of course Americans will do those jobs. What the service industry is really afraid of is that real Americans probably won’t do those jobs for the starvation wages they want to pay, along with the fact they’d actually have to pay SSI/Medicare/Worker’s Comp on their workers, too. Those businesses protesting should all have to prove the legality of their workers.
Americans probably won’t do those jobs for the starvation wages they want to pay
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It isn’t just the service jobs that offer low wages! Within the past week I was perusing a list of job openings in my area and was amazed how low some of the opening rates were.
One that really caught my eye listed the following requirements,”must have a knowledge of electrical, plumbing, carpentry and painting, HVAC certification a plus but not required, must have driver’s license, own vehicle and have no criminal record. The starting pay was listed as ...$9.00 per hour. This paragon of maintenance is expected to work an hour for less than one pound of T-bone steak! Or you could say just over two gallons of gasoline per hour. Back when I was a swabby the MINIMUM wage was $1.25 an hour and that would buy four gallons of gasoline in this area and probably two pounds of T-bone. I hope this job remains unfilled at this rate of pay.