nirrti_rachelle wrote:
Throws a huge red one to the corporation that closed my work place because so many people had seniority. They found it cheaper to re-open in another city with under-paid subcontractors.
......and to any businesses who take good jobs overseas because they'd rather pay ineffective employees $1.50 an hour than follow fair wage laws and pay Americans decent salaries.

I through a brick at all RACISTS who assume that foreigners are "less efficient", in otherwords, less capable than Americans.
Your higher wages mean higher prices for products/services, which, at least indirectly, impacts on society as a whole. Whether its through higher input costs for other firms, or simply misallocation of resources, you keeping your job would simply be a farce. You wouldn't be rendering anyone a service, as you'd infact be imposing an economic burden on society.
If you want a better job, go climb up the ladder. Now the dark and yellow skinned people have joined the market, and they don't expect free meals. They get out what they put in.