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A couple of my friends have been there for years and still don't make $20.00/hr, so I see their point.
No offense, but that is an absurd amount of money for being a general laborer in a factory of any kind.
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In 2010 $20.00/hr is a bit low for experienced general labor, at least around here. $15.00/hr is a fair starting wage for a 20 yr. old kid, but not for experienced labor. One of my friends who works at Olin (and doesn't make $20.00/hr) has over 30 yrs. experience as a machinist. He made more than that 25 years ago at McDonnell-Douglass with way less experience. A new, unexperienced, general laborer in the carpenter's union makes at least $20.00/hr. around here. If others want to work for less somewhere else, they can have it as they are more desperate than the locals I know.
And if I was Olin-Winchester, I'd move to where I'd save money too. But don't expect a consumerate price reduction on Winchester ammo. Or an improvement in its quality.