WORKERS FED UP WITH GETTING THE SHAFT

For all the hoopla and rigid defense of the rich and powerful's continued need to keep screwing us where it hurts the most, I'm finally starting to get a small inkling of change on the horizon. (And it's not the kind that John McCain will promise to deliver upon getting (s)elected to the White House like his failed predecessor did in 2000.)

The change I'm referring to is the kind where the American worker (big and small) is finally telling Big Business: "We're mad as hell and we aren't going to take it anymore!"And why not? Big Business and Corporate America has been screwing the average American out of a living wage, affordable health care, and benefits for *years*.

Our well-being is no longer important to them. All these rich jack rabbits care about is themselves and no one else. How else can you explain why execs are getting paid rich bonuses and other thrifty pay packages and the guy at the lower end of the pay-scale are still getting paid slave wages and no incentives to boot?

Even after years of loyal service?So what do I think of the latest strike by Boeing? I think it's a wake up call to the company to start treating their employees better. With all those billions of dollars in yearly profits, surely a generous increase in pay, benefits, and job security won't cost that much--will it?

Or does Boeing intend on keeping a majority of their workers hitched to poverty wages for however long they intend on working there?

Schuyler Thorpe

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