Two Tier

We wanted to find a point of weakness, an issue where the public had serious doubts, so we drew up a list of possibilities: fairness in society, his trigger-happy attitude toward nuclear war, the two-tier economy, his age and mental acuity, and his bellicose approach to foreign affairs. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

As a consequence of this retreat from public responsibility, we have created a two-tier society in which many of the rich have pulled away from everyone else, and millions of Americans, lacking economic security and decent health insurance, wonder what stake they have in a growing economy. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

I've sat at the bargaining table when the two-tier was broached. ❋ David Macaray (2011)

We hear "sell-out" applied to the United Auto Workers and, unfortunately, we hear it applied with little or no understanding of how ferociously the union resisted it, or how forcefully the two-tier configuration was crammed down their throats. ❋ David Macaray (2011)

They remind the union that if any potential new-hire examines the contract and doesn't like what he sees in the two-tier arrangement, he's free to walk away and find work elsewhere. ❋ David Macaray (2011)

The conservative diagnosis for the Greek malaise is an inefficient “two-tier” top-heavy workforce, saddled with gluttonous underperforming bureaucrats, while younger workers are shut out of opportunities. ❋ Michelle Chen (2011)

And yet we hear the pejorative term "sell-out" applied to union negotiators who agree to two-tier arrangements. ❋ David Macaray (2011)

Second, unions are known to have risked their own economic well-being by designating the two-tier as a "strike issue." ❋ David Macaray (2011)

And third, the history of collective bargaining shows that those unions who accepted the two-tier were dragged to that decision, kicking and screaming. ❋ David Macaray (2011)

By acknowledging that the beleaguered UAW had its back against the wall, no one is suggesting that the two-tier is defensible, because it's not. ❋ David Macaray (2011)

We hear "sell-out" applied to the UAW United Auto Workers, and, unfortunately, we hear it applied with little or no understanding of how ferociously the union resisted it, or how forcefully the two-tier configuration was crammed down their throats. ❋ David Macaray (2011)

First of all, no one but organized labor categorically opposes the two-tier system. ❋ David Macaray (2011)

I had the best “O” face while doing the two tier fountain today. Wishing [wells] [ain’t got] [shit on me] ❋ Stank Hammer (2019)

"Dude, get off the damn computer, you're being [tier] two-ish." "Seriously, [take a shower], you're [smelling] a little tier two-ey." ❋ Lolomg (2006)

That guy [Jeremy] is a tier two shit. I [suspect] he [might be] a tier two shit. ❋ The Rizzler2 (2023)