Michael Pollak wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Doug Henwood wrote: > > > Hourly wage averages are for all private sector nonsupervisory workers, > > about 80% of the total private workforce (a share that's been steady for > > decades). The supervisory 20%, though, is paid a lot more than those 80% > > (which are, more or less, the working class). > > Ah! So that's the key. And those 20% are in the social security > calculation > > Thanks. That was worth the wait. That's a very satisfying answer.
How are supervisory employees defined? If they include, for example, such employees as the four managers assigned to Red Lobster restaurants, quite a few of those supervisory employees are probably nearer the second than the fifth quintile. 18 hour days for barely more than their waitresses get. This is out of date -- my knowledge goes back over 20 years. But I would guess the sort of thing I knew about still applies to many jobs today. Carrol
