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Originally Posted by travelin texans
With the available workforce in this country nowadays I think we can forget any manufacturing to return here. The new workforce wants 2-3 things, lots of $$, short workdays/work weeks & ability to work when they feel like it, but get paid for 40 hours. Thank you labor unions!
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If not for union membership I could never have afforded retirement. 40 year member. YMMV. I have a nephew in Texas. 69 years old. Carpenter like me. Non-union. Still working - because he has no pension. Social Security pays his rent but he needs to work to eat. Couldn't afford health insurance until he got on Medicare. According to his mother (my sister) he actually got down on his knees and thanked God when he qualified for Medicare. Can't afford a decent car/truck. Can't afford a vacation. Can't afford much of anything.