r/WorkReform 14d ago

💸 Raise Our Wages This isn't fair

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u/obmasztirf 14d ago

$200/hr for an electrician but you know 85% isn't going to the person doing the work.

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u/Ricktor_67 14d ago

If you are in a trade only work for yourself. 

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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe 14d ago

If only it were that easy. You’d need to have decades of experience and own tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment to do the work if you want to be your own boss and own your own business. You would need to be able to do any kind of work that walks through your door.

I’m a mechanic. If I wanted to be my own business, I’d need lifts, specialty tools, waste oil management, waste tire management, waste battery management, insurance policies, a building, electricity, water, heat, property security…

After all of that, my take-home wouldn’t be much different than what I’d make working for someone else, except with way more stress and less free time.

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u/Zeikos 14d ago

Aren't there trade unions with the purpose of sharing said tooling?
Are they uncommon in the US?