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From: charlie@cca.UUCP (Charlie Kaufman)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Equal Work
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Date: Wed, 21-Sep-83 18:43:03 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 21 18:43:03 1983
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>>	Let's face it:  People who do the same work deserve the same
>>	wage, irrespective of experience, education or whatever.

I don't know any two people who do the same work.  Do you?  Wouldn't it
be redundant?

You probably mean essentially similar work.  I am familiar with such
cases.  I spend most of my time in meetings and writing memos.  So does
the president of my company.  Therefore we deserve the same wage.

You don't mean that either?  Who should decide what is essentially
similar work -- federal bureaucrats?  judges?  union officials?  The
marketplace has made its judgement; the statement above implies that the
marketplace is *wrong*, and should be overruled.  There are two ways in
which the marketplace can be wrong:  it can be in error, due to lack of
knowledge on the part of decision makers; or the market can be efficient
but morally wrong in that maximizing profits is inconsistent with
someone's vision of social justice.  I would like to hear opinions on
which sort of wrong the marketplace is committing in this case, and what
are the appropriate remedies.

                          --Charlie Kaufman
                            charlie@cca
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