Originally Posted by
Zapata
To say that labor should only represent and negotiate living wages for your definition of skilled and highly trained professional labor groups is elitist. There is no reason that unskilled labor groups shouldn't be able to negotiate a living wage and QOL for themselves. Overall, representation for labor at ANY level is good for the economy.
It's my opinion that most of the unskilled labor groups in the U.S. shouldn't be unionized and some shouldn't even exist in the U.S. The workers in these groups should use our excellent educational opportunities to gain technical and advanced skills which would allow them to gain employment in a more advanced field which would benefit us all. I do not feel that this opinion is elitist.