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To: fight_truth_decay; livius
Minimum wage jobs don't usually have rocket scientists flocking to apply for them.
7 posted on 02/04/2003 8:15:23 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Minimum wage jobs don't usually have rocket scientists...

No, but there are a lot of folks who aren't rocket scientists - and who are not convicted felons.

In any case, most bridge and tunnel jobs are not minimum wage. They usually have municipal benefits packages, a salary that is comfortably above "minimum wage," and a chance for advancement. I knew someone who worked as a toll-taker on a bridge; the salary was average, similar to that of a low-level office worker. The work was, of course, boring, but that applies to many jobs.

My point is that these jobs are too sensitive,for many reasons, to accept people who have already demonstrated that they are seriously unable to abide by the laws of society. Let them go prove themselves in a less risky situation.

9 posted on 02/04/2003 9:18:42 AM PST by livius
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Minimum wage jobs don't usually have rocket scientists flocking to apply for them.

The union proposal would seek equity with the Golden Gate employees by raising the state toll collectors' pay scale to $3029 - $3682.

11 posted on 02/04/2003 9:24:37 AM PST by cinFLA
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