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Originally Posted by 561design
Fortunately for me. I'm being taken care of within my company. So I have no reason to leave. But if I were in their shoes the story may be a little different. Of course it's easy for everyone to say, you don't like it leave.
But you should really think about their situation. Many blue and white collar workers live paycheck to paycheck. I'm sure this situation is rare on this forum. And many of you may not have experienced that in a long time if ever. So it's near impossible to just jump off the deep end. To them it makes more sense to fight for what they have. Even if it means losing it all. Most likely they're drivers, a position that is easy to fill. These guys most likely have family that live and work in the area. So if there is no work locally, it may be difficult to just get up and relocate.
Unlike many of us who are professionals. It's very hard on those that are not in a skilled profession to just get up and leave.
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I see, so striking because your job isn't worth what it used to be and you don't want to make a big change in your life is ok? Sure, strike if you want. But I sure hope you see the whole picture. Just because your skill (or lack of skill) was worth $20/hour in 1999 doesn't mean it will be worth 1/2 that in 2009.
As I said before - your job is only worth what I can get someone else to do it for. Some of us have more opportunity than others, but I have a whole team of people working for me that are fairly well paid for blue collar, and got where they are becuase they decided to make something of their situation, and not sit around bitching and moaning.