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crud

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36. I had a summer job working in a brewery
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 02:00 PM
Oct 2021

when I was in college in the 70's. Yeah I know... great gig for a college kid. Factory work, Brewery and bottle workers union. I made 18 an hour and could drink beer for lunch and on breaks. Average wage today according to this website is 15 per hour.
https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Brewer/Hourly_Rate

It's time for a general strike. [View all] onecaliberal Oct 2021 OP
I'm pissed too nt XanaDUer2 Oct 2021 #1
Boy howdy. I get it. MontanaMama Oct 2021 #2
Start organizing! WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #3
Will never happen inthewind21 Oct 2021 #10
I know. People love to say "general strike" but no one wants to organize for one. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #12
I don't know any Democrats who think like that, thank you very much. Not sure what region you... Hekate Oct 2021 #22
Working class people should have demanded we save as many lives possible without their losing their brewens Oct 2021 #4
If I had a nickel for every time I saw someone on the Internet call for a general strike... Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 #5
Not with that attitude Fullduplexxx Oct 2021 #6
If I devoted every waking moment of my life to organizing a general strike, Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 #7
It's ok it was just a joke Fullduplexxx Oct 2021 #11
The fact is there are a lot of strikes happening right now. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #16
Sure, but a general strike? No way, no how. Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 #31
Maybe not for you. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #32
And certainly not for the overwhelming majority. Dial H For Hero Oct 2021 #33
The overwhelming majority are not union. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #35
We don't seem to DO general strikes. It's more of a European thing, I think. CTyankee Oct 2021 #38
Except for essential services, or that backfires completely, making things worse? Brainfodder Oct 2021 #8
Far too many people in this country, even if poor or working class, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #9
The American people haven't been screwed hard enough yet. Dems have kept saving them from the GOP. hadEnuf Oct 2021 #25
Let us know when you have it organized... brooklynite Oct 2021 #13
The COVID-19 pandemic BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 #14
I think you might be correct.....it WILL happen sooner to later ashredux Oct 2021 #15
A TAX STRIKE. ancianita Oct 2021 #17
Excellent idea. Tired of being on a greased rope. It is unsustainable. American Dream is gone. Evolve Dammit Oct 2021 #18
In 81 we should have walked! The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #19
I was there too, and since trickle down started crud Oct 2021 #24
They were called the Reagan Democrats. The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #27
I had a summer job working in a brewery crud Oct 2021 #36
I shoot pool in a league with a lot of young folks. The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #37
I'm all for it. Mr. Evil Oct 2021 #20
I started doing this in the pandemic because for some products it was all we could get. onecaliberal Oct 2021 #21
There is actually a Federal Law against it IbogaProject Oct 2021 #23
I have forced employer healthcare. The cost has increased onecaliberal Oct 2021 #26
Hmm...Have You Begun Organizing This? MineralMan Oct 2021 #28
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2021 #29
I share your frustration Patton French Oct 2021 #30
The anti-vax covid walkouts are the closest thing we'll have to a general strike mathematic Oct 2021 #34
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