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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1133223" data-attributes="member: 43436">It was never implied.  The union delivered exactly what it promoted -- a $1.50 bump in the starting wage.  Of course, further details aren't promoted because ... well, what good politician would do so?Nonetheless, when I graduated high school in 2001, Kroger -- also a union shop -- was hiring at $10/hour, and offering a $1 premium for hours worked between 4PM & 8PM.  Today -- nearly 12 years later (wow, am I really that old?) -- Kroger is hiring at $7.25/hour with no shift premium.  That's a $2.75 drop.  Meanwhile, UPS was hiring at $8.50 -- no additional raises until after one year.  Today, it's been upped to $10/hour.</blockquote>