Now is the time for cutbacks and concessions
This threatened garbage strike just bothers me. I do not think waste collectors will get much sympathy from me or many of us who do not see the other side of $50,000 a year. [“Threat of garbage strike intensifies,” Page One, March 31.]
The median salary, they claim, is only $58,000 — and that is with health insurance —instead of the $71,000 the company states. That means half of them make more than $58,000.
There are people standing in line to take those jobs at $50,000 and they will think they are making a good living —and they will be. It is time the unions looked at themselves for cutbacks. Look at the concessions made by the United Auto Workers to keep the automotive industry alive.
This is not the time to inflate. This is the time to cinch the belt and try to contribute to recovery, not demand more pay for the same work.
— John Fuik, Oak Harbor