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[–] [email protected] 104 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My union dues are 1/52 of my yearly pay. I make $25.77 an hour in an entry level job with no education requirements. Minimum wage here is $16.55 an hour.

[–] [email protected] 89 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You could have made -34.5% more without an union

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT 26 points 6 months ago

Yeah you could have not bought like 5 xboxes instead

[–] starman2112 38 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Well you may be making 50k before taxes, but you're paying like a thousand dollars a year in union dues! You could instead be making 33k with no union dues, and a smaller tax burden. Think of how much you could buy with that extra thousand dollars!

On a side note are you hiring, and how far are you from Wichita, Kansas? I don't mind a commute