Malfunction54 hopes Halliburton and other no-bid contractors working in the Gulf states (US, not Persian) will be released by the suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act to bring in outside workers at higher than the prevailing rate of pay.
I appreciate the optimism inherent in that hope. That said, there are no laws limiting the upper limits of pay for laborers as this has not yet been a problem of any legal consequence.
The problem is officially sanctioned oppression. The President of the United States issued an Executive Order to ensure that the hands that (re)build America need not be paid a living wage.
Does anyone reading these words live independently on $9 an hour?
$9 x 40 hours = $360 a week.
x 4 = $1440 a month.
- rent
- utilities
- food
- transportation to and from work
- health insurance (who are we kidding?)
Who are we kidding? This is a shame.
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..and people think unions are cutting in on your paycheck. If anything they stem the flow of people to welfare, by protecting your rights at work.
$1440 a month isn't much, it's even less when you lose your job on the whim of a simple minded manager.
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