Saturday, July 29, 2023

Banana Handlers on strike

I was reading about the strike at Metro. 27 stores are on strike in the Toronto area. Apparently the workers want a bigger slice of Metro's record profits. Just for fun, I googled "Collective Agreement between Unifor Local 414 and Metro." According to the contract that came up, which may not be the most recent, the start rate per Appendix A was 17.25/hr as of 2019. That's probably not a bad starting wage for a know-nothing kid out of high-school. Then I got into the job categories. There's Metro employees making a half-decent buck. Fork-lift operators at 26.96/hr. Reciever at 27.04. Senior stationary engineer at 27.41. At the apex of the wage scale are the Banana Handlers, clocking in at 27.54/hr. And that's as of 2019! They're probably over thirty bucks an hour by now. There's gotta be a lot of banana handlers out there working for less. Who knew?

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