A lot of Filipino full-time workers are on less than $150 a...

A lot of Filipino full-time workers are on less than $150 a month. A good salary is about $400 a month. A Filipino doctor might make about the same as the Austal employees. Yes, the salaries are pitiful, but you have to put it in context to what is normal over there. I often think that the Philippines is a good example of what the world looks like without unions (and an excess of labour). Thank god we've still got some union membership in this country. Without unions, we'd all be working 10 hours a day, 6 days a week with no benefits and tipping our hats to the landed gentry.