Sorry I have to disagree with some of what you are saying, I'm sure there are places that pay them badly, but there are also places where they earn more money then many American's As I stated before I'm in the construction industry, I have “seen” 30 man crews walk of the job with over $1,000 each for the week … this is cash in hand. Now I don't know where you are from, but to many folks this would not be considered a pittance. Also this is not an isolated case, this is quite common in the construction industry.
As for those evil greedy employers, again I'm speaking only of the construction industry, that just isn't the case. In fact ...if you look at how most businesses are run, it would be considered losing money. Case in point, lets say the job I'm doing has been sold for 25million, the company's profit is a percentage of that, now if that same job had to be sold for 30million, because of labor costs being higher, and they maintained the same profit percentage, they would make more by it costing 30million then the 25 million.
One thing that needs changing in this nation of ours, is the thinking that business is evil, and profits are a bad thing, the only reason I can see for going into business, is to make a profit, and that profit has to create a better living for you then working for someone else, if it doesn't then why go into business, and live with the headaches of owning a business.
When was the last time anyone here worried about making a $15,000 a week payroll? When was the last time you went down and took a 30 day loan out to meet payroll because someone who owed you money was late in paying, you don't have the option of telling your employee's that they are going to have to wait because you don't have their money, at least not if you are going to stay in business for long. To those that keep harping on those evil business men, try starting and running one, I think your tune would quickly change