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Class 1 RR Employees Rank Among top paid blue collar workers
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[quote user="solzrules"][quote user="Limitedclear"] <p>Actually, one of the reasons I posted this is if you read the article you will find that railroads have risen by comparison to other blue collar wages because railroading is one of the few occupations that can't be outsourced overseas...</p><p>LC</p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Yep. That has been the case with most blue collar work in this nation. If you are skilled and in a job that can't be outsourced, you are in high demand. Part of the reason for this is that most high schools view blue collar work as a dead end job. If you don't have a college degree, you are pretty much not useful. Very few counselors actually will encourage students to study a trade like the railroad (or construction, for that matter). What is even harder to find are students that excel in math and reading who want to pursue careers in these fields. They are told that you need a college degree to suceed, and this simply is not the case. </p><p>There is a lot of money to be made if you are looking at skilled labor. It is too bad that it has such a negative reputation to it. </p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Edited:</p><p>Went overboard with a soapbox.</p><p>Let's just say the High school students are led like sheep to the shearing house of the Finance department.</p>
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