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Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000 a year package with a mixture of anger and admiration (www.businessinsider.com)

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Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000 a year package with a mixture of anger and admiration::Some tech workers questioned whether UPS drivers deserved high pay — others jumped in to note the importance of the jobs and harsh working conditions.

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[-] elscallr@lemmy.world 81 points 1 year ago

As one of the tech workers: fuck yeah, good for them for negotiating well, and getting what they're owed.

[-] jwagner7813@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

This is also why most jobs should be unionized

[-] elscallr@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Maybe. I know shipping things via UPS is about to get a lot more expensive, and maybe it should be.

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah, if shipping gets more expensive that means that shipping was cheap because of exploitation of people. I don't know about anyone else, I personally wouldn't want that.

[-] jwagner7813@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly. This logic can also be applied to fast food, hard labor, etc...

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