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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 11:14 am
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Originally Posted by coachrowsey
This strike or whatever it is has nothing to do with US. They are contract employees. Get what you pay for.
Oh, yes.... because higher paid workers would never, ever go on strike.

The difference is that some of the contractors likely are making a wage that's strike worthy - a wage that subsidizes topped out employees by keeping the average cost low. The practice of "eating the young" isn't going to last forever.
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