Listeners Respond: The Two-Tier Wage System

The Takeaway

Yesterday, we talked about the two-tier wage system implemented by three Detroit automakers. In the two-tier system, new employees make half the salary of workers already on the job. We talked with a few tier-two workers yesterday, and we asked our listeners if they would be willing to do their job for half the salary. Listener  Steve Planas  responded. Planas, who is a firefighter in Miami, explains why he  would  take a pay cut.

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