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hockeybub89 posted...

Quitting is such a braindead protest. People don't want to lose their jobs, they want to improve them, to control them.

If youre not willing to leave a job that abuses you and doesnt think youre worth even the minimum wage, then Im not sure what to tell you.

And that mentality is exactly what the companies count on to keep you around making pennies on the dollar.

For 12 years, I worked a civil service position as an aircraft mechanic. I started off making $33/hr. 12 years later with a promotion, I was making $38/hr. My wage increases didnt even match inflation. So I applied for a private sector job making $35/hr because the room for growth was much higher. Two years later, I am at $39/hr. Once my other coworkers did the same, the colonel in charge petitioned a cost of living adjustment that brought the civil service wages to 2% higher than the private sector average for the locality because he was bleeding experienced aircraft mechanics.

Thats how you make change.