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Re:Google hired union-busting consultants to convince employ... by minhazm on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:07PM (#29909568)
Most members of SAG are not highly paid. The median income for an actor is $43,760, and even the 75th percentile is only $60,760. The numbers for SAG represented actors is similar to these numbers. The thing is that not all tech employees are paid the same, nor should they be. Google and other similar companies often times pay multiple times the median tech salary.

[1] https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/actor/salary

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Re:Google hired union-busting consultants to convince employ... by alistairSH on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:17PM (#29909750)
NFLPA, NBPA, and MLBPA all exist as well. Those are definitely highly-paid members (minimum salaries of ~$600k/year for baseball and football, and just shy of $1million for basketball).
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Re:Google hired union-busting consultants to convince employ... by teachrdan on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @01:10PM (#29910630)
I think you just refuted your own point? Some actors are paid millions a year while half earn less than $43,760. This demonstrates that there are unions that represent workers who are paid multiple times the median salary.
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