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I make higher than the median salary working at a factory. I left a job that required a college degree and professional licence that payed less than what I do now. Higher education requirements doesn't always mean higher pay. You might just need to find a unionized factory. The lowest wage at my workplace is $25/hr (CAD). Local minimum wage is $17.20/hr and median wage is $21.83/hr.
That's kinda the spot I'm at now, just no union. I'm "stuck" in that the wage isn't horrendous for my background, but the area I live in is so expensive that it kinda evens out. If I want any kind of savings I need to stay in this garage I rent.
I've wanted to make a move for the last 5 years, but COVID came along so i waited it out, then it was "omg recession is coming, recession is coming!" So I waited it out. Now we're "blessed" with the Mango Mussolini who is hell bent on destroying the economy so again I feel like the only smart thing to do is wait it out...
unionize and try to switch workplaces every year to a higher paying one.
Um, if you switch workplaces you switch unions.
I think the point is to unionize every company
https://www.iww.org/
Depends if your union is regional or just your workplace.
Most of the manufacturing unions in my area are just that, the area. All the trade unions are as well, and probably the teachers union too.