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In reply to the discussion: Sitting in a restaurant today I realized how much trouble we are in for [View all]madrchsod
(58,162 posts)last night she worked with a gentleman who said he was laid off from a factory job. since he`s older my wife assumed that`s what he did all his working life. so he goes from making widgets to cleaning up shit.he`s not the only person she has run across who used to have good paying jobs with good benefits.
my wife used to make 14 an hour being a roll tender on a printing press before she was let go. today she has 4 years seniority and is the sec-treasurer of her union. although she now makes 12 an hour she`s happy to be there and have a job. her former employer just shut down the printing plant leaving 290 people to find another job. some of those people will never find another job and those that do will have a big pay cut.
my daughter has had a steady job for the last 9 yrs.she`s worked for two companies that has ,i guess, both have seen that she is a good worker and has enough brains to understand how to problem solve when things go wrong. she`s making 14 an hour and overtime. what does she do? she makes air filters for heavy equipment. her employer is looking forward for the federal government investment plans. if it comes through more people will be hired. interesting how that works isn`t?
so maybe that guy my wife talked to can get a job if we start investing in america...maybe that kid will too.