[Gaffer]

In 1980 as a new engineer, I went to work for a paper company in a pulp plant. Salary was $26,500/year. The unionized plant workers’ lowest paying job was $17/hr. That was for the idiots who did nothing all day long but sweep up wood chips with a push broom.

[SeeSac]

In 1980 as a new engineer, I went to work for a paper company in a pulp plant. Salary was $26,500/year.

In 1979, starting pay for "IN DEMAND" engineers was about $16,000 ...