US Dockworker Strike Wins 62% Raises - eviltoast
  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    62% right now and no increase for the six following years is actually more generous than what they got.

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      They’re getting like a $5 an hour raise every year for 6 years and after six yours they hit their salary cap. Their cap is $131,000. Even 6 years from now that’s still really good money.

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        Depending on location, that’s really good money. Where I live i would be ecstatic to make that kind of money. Unfortunately the big docks are in big cities where money doesn’t go nearly as far.

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            NYC and LA are probably the two areas in the US where 130k is borderline possible to live alone in a OK apartment considering the cost of living there. Below that and your quality of living takes a dive as you either need roommates or you live in a shoebox. For anywhere else 130k is fantastic.

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              The average rent in LA for a THREE bedroom apartment is $51,000 a year total. That leaves, after taxes, about $40,000 of money for everything else. Even in L.A that’s still very easy to live on.

              A 1 bedroom apartment in LA is about $26,000 a year, fyi.

              A $131,000/year salary is not borderline anything in L.A.