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Originally Posted by CFrance
He will tell you how difficult that able bodied job was physically, and how much harder the longshoreman's job is. It is telling that there are only 14,000 of them. You would have no goods if it weren't for the people who do this back-breaking work.
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What is their pay compared to our military who risk their lives every day and can't come home every night to their family......if they are lucky to survive the day? I'm not convinced that longshoremen are getting what the job is really worth.
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I Don't think the military are paid fairly. That opens up a whole different discussion of what different fields are paid for what they do or the risks they take. Take ocean pilots, for example... 350,000K for riding along as a captain steers a ship out of port or brings it back in. You have to practically inherit that job. Piece of cake, wear a suit and carry a briefcase. A few miles out you get on a chaser boat and go back to port. Ever seen a video of what ocean fishermen do? One of the most dangerous jobs in the world for not much gain.
But we're talking about longshoremen.