[joe fonebone]

Workers on the line make as much as, if not more, than a degreed engineer.

[OHPatriot]

Your statement is not all that far off. When you look at hourly rate, head to head the “engineer” is slightly ahead. The real kicker is OVERTIME and BENEFITS.

I had relatives in UAW, /spit/ who would tell about how they all gamed overtime. It was not uncommon to get a 40-60% “bonus” EVERY OTHER YEAR. Almost like it was planned out wink wink.

Don’t forget cops and firefighters game overtime in last few years before retirement to goose their retirement pay which is usually based on high 3-5yrs.

SCREW UNIONS

[Svartalfiar]

Workers on the line make as much as, if not more, than a degreed engineer.

One of my buddies from an old Guard unit worked at GM. Their old pay scale (maybe 10 years ago), he was making about $40 an hour base rate.