Some perspective on the wage issue:
I just drove up the Delmarva peninsula today and saw a bulletin board: "Join our team at at Big Chicken Company processing plant, start at $8.00/hr"
What's the point of mentioning this? Apprentices are getting paid the same as meat packers!! What kind of image of the trade is this sending?
Granted, working at a meat packing plant is a horrible job, but hopefully you get my point. Low pay is one of the reasons I left the trade.
