I have been working at this job fr 3 years now. I do assembly for a for a pump company, we make diesel pumps for fire systems and Also pumps for high rise building water systems. Now I have a coworker who has been here for 40 years he is in his 70s. He gets paid only 20 dollars maybe 19 an hour (for freaking 40 years). He is one of the most honest hard working employees I’ve ever met. He won’t steal a minute of time during a break r anything I’ve never heard him lie or get angry at anyone no matter how much he deserves to be. And he is a cornerstone employee no question about it. But The company has started using an old friend as a contractor to build some of these systems that me and my coworker build and we can’t for our life understand why they bring him in but they do and they pay him thousands and I mean thousands to do the very same work that my coworker has done for 40 years. This is tearing my coworker up and it’s plain to see because not only do they pay this man all that money but they make my coworker assist him the whole time and you can see the hurt that’s doing to him. He literally helps him to make thousands doing the same work he’s only getting 19 dollars an hour for. To make things worse, just this past Thursday the contractor had a big job that my company didn’t get all the parts for in time so the contractor told them he couldn’t finish the job. My company then tries to mandate that we come in on the weekend to finish the job for them. We get paid nothing I only make 18.50 I’ve never received a bonus (none of us have) they gave an 8 cent raise last year. They always say that they don’t have the ability to give more (but can give thousands to one man). And just make sure this is understood this man needs my coworker to do these jobs more then just for assistance, he gets all his info and knowledge from him and when he doesn’t he messes things up and we have to come fix it ( example: had to re pull wire to a bunch of motors because he pulled the wrong size wire) they use us like backpocket robots they can just throw at whatever. I just can’t understand how you can allow a man t give you 40 years of his life and not want to take better care of him.