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From: mcewan@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA
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Subject: Re: opportunities, women
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Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 10:40:00 EDT
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> I would also note that true justice in this area probably means *cutting*
> wages in some professions that are not overly "valuable" in some sense,
> but have strong unions (or other forms of clout) that force wages up.
> Are garbagemen really worth more than McDonald's counter hands?  Probably
> not, and the appropriate salary is probably closer to the McDonald's level
> than the (unionized) garbagemen level.

From time to time in this discussion, people have mentioned "garbageman"
as an example of an overpaid profession. I want to point out that garbage
collecting is a hazardous job. There is a fairly high risk of disease (not
to mention the fact that the job is just generally unpleasant). You couldn't
pay me enough to collect garbage. I suspect that if the salaries were
regulated so that garbagemen and McDonald's counter workers were paid the
same, then McDonald's would have more job applicants than they know what
to do with, and no one would be collecting garbage.

			Scott McEwan
			{ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan

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