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Originally Posted by BlueLawyer
Thanks for making my point for me. Minimum wage workers do strike, all the time- they quit. Ask anybody in the fast food/custodial/other traditionally minimum wage fields (or study Department of Labor stats) how long the average worker lasts in that field. Then, of course, you ignore the fact that the professional umpire-to-be is considerably more skilled than the average minimum wage worker, and has invested much more of himself/herself in terms of personal finances and opportunity costs than the same minimum wage Joe or Jane. They are in it for a shot at Major League glory, sure. But why should we endorse penalizing most of them at poverty-level (or slightly above) wages for that vanity? Should MiLB umpires ignore the fact that most of us who work even mid-level amatuer ball make as much or more than they do? Should MiLB umpires not be allowed to say "A lower-middle class, close to living wage is all I want while I try to make it to the big time"?
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I made your point? No, like you said "They quit" and maybe that's what the MiLB umpires should do if they can't handle how things are done. Or have they already quit? So you say strike = quit?
As I have said many times, I think that a person has the right to earn as much as they can. But I have little compassion, wait make that no compassion, for a man (or woman) who willingly takes a position that they know pays low wages then complains about it. If you can't handle the low pay while you're learning your trade then don't take the job. It's like a doctor. They go to school for what 20 years (or more). Then they graduate from medical school and are now doctors but they still have to go through a resident program. While they are in this program (4, 6 or more years) they are doing doctors work but for MUCH less money. They work long and very hard hours. Is that fair? Maybe not, but that's the way it is.
Dispite what you and others may think being a MiLB umpire does not rank up there with things like teachers, doctors, nurses, police, military and other positions that really count and make a difference in peoples lives. They can and will be easily replaced...what they do is not rocket science.