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0 pointstoomuchtodo1y ago0 comments

Because government jobs are secure, Boeing subcontractor jobs where you are a cheap disposal cog are not. If you don’t see the value in security to someone making $20-$40/hr who needs healthcare benefits, you might start there.

A union fixes this in the long term, but that will take time. Government can employ rapidly. Something, quickly, needs to change before we forget how to build because MBAs, accountants, and lawyers burned the place down for shareholder value. There are two astronauts stuck in space very publicly demonstrating this.

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coliveira1y ago

The US has already forgotten how to build. This process has happened for 30 years, a full generation.

ipaddr1y ago

A welder making double outside of the government would take a chance the more experience they have. Similiar to how many people here would rather get a job at Amazon vs the government. Chances are you are out in a year or two compared to a government job where you can survive longer for half of the pay.

Remember we are talking about experienced aircraft welders. They are not available for 20 an hour when industry is paying so much more.

toomuchtodoOP1y ago

Collins Aerospace is offering $19/hr for third shift welding work on aircraft. It was referred to me by someone in the labor community, and I spoke with HR under the guise of a prospective candidate to confirm. They do $26B/year in revenue.

lifeisstillgood1y ago

This should be a top level comment - it kind of reinforces the point of the whole article. I understand that 15/hr is the (planned) US minimum wage?

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bratwurst30001y ago

excuse me but what is third shift welding? is this the security lvl of the welding job?thank you

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