Remoak
start out from the premise that they have no value whatsoever until someone comes along who is willing to pay them to do something. The value that the person has to their employer is what determines their salary, not some misguided, union-fed, utopian view of their importance on the planet.
It's because of people like you that our salaries are in the toilet. keep up the hard work of brainwashing our colleagues to believe that they are worthless.