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Why Lawyers and Truckers (and the Rest of Us) Should Accept Pay Cuts

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The Teamsters took a pay cut because thier Central Pension Fund will be insolvent if YRCW goes belly-up.
They watch dumbfounded as Bill Zollars the CEO and Board of Directors mismanage the company into recievership.

of IL 7:56AM January 05, 2009

The real reason for all this mess actually starts at the jobsite itself. In this only me society that we have people envy and jealousy towards each other gets in the way of the actual reason why we are at work. The simple reason is to work. Some people want to get by working at a slow pace. When another worker moves faster the slower workers that just want to get by slow them down. That cuts on productivity and affects the bottom line. If we stop paying attention to people less and focusing on the job more and trying to do extra to help the company in its bottom line then the economy as a whole wont go down as well. Simple process.

ben stien of CA 10:20PM January 04, 2009

2009 is likely to be a very tough year. I'd like to see companies and government workers consider different ways to save money. An across the board 4-day work week could save jobs and money, with everyone sharing in the wage loss and labor expense.
I don't think this is time for government workers to get COLAs. At this point, it may be appropriate to put off Social Security and other benefit COLAs.

Marsha Keeffer of CA 5:26PM January 04, 2009

If the people that need the money get it (those at the bottom of the pecking order that support those at the top), then it's a good idea.
Let's calculate it on a percentage basis: 10% off the minimum wage is not much at all especially if minimum wage earners are going to benefit from the pay cuts.
Meanwhile, 10% off what the top 5% receive (on the backs of the other 95% of workers) amounts to a very handsome sum to be distributed to te 95% that will use it to boost the economy of all.
Now that we all agree with you pro wage cut advocates--bring it on?

HillbillyBill of TN 7:16AM January 03, 2009

If the people that need the money get it (those at the bottom of the pecking order that support those at the top), then it's a good idea.
Let's calculate it on a percentage basis: 10% off the minimum wage is not much at all especially if minimum wage earners are going to benefit from the pay cuts.
Meanwhile, 10% off what the top 5% receive (on the backs of the other 95% of workers) amounts to a very handsome sum to be distributed to te 95% that will use it to boost the economy of all.
Now that we all agree with you pro wage cut advocates--bring it on?

HillbillyBill of TN 7:16AM January 03, 2009

The blue collar folks get pay cuts and Chief Justifier John Roberts thinks judges need better COLA's? Ha. What a crock he is.
REMEMBER, he is the jerk who gave you the Lilly Ledbetter and Engquist decisions knocking women and other honest hard workers.

of 11:05AM January 02, 2009