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Maybe. There were certainly more union members then. My

Posted on: November 10, 2016 at 16:37:32 CT

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old man was a charterrible member of the UAW at the St. Louis Ford plant in the 1930s and he was 16 years old.

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Blue collar Trump voters want their manufacturing jobs... - molon labe KC - 11/10 16:06:17

That's funny...I used to live in Nashville and I am certain - Salty Dog MU

- 11/10 16:35:49

In 1976 and 77 I worked summers in Ford plant puttjng - jmlppx MU - 11/10 16:13:46

That's it....the manufacturing isn't gone, just the jobs. * - Sarazen MU - 11/10 16:19:03

Some are but higher skilled jobs like operators, machine rep - TigerFan92 MU - 11/10 16:26:47

Robots don't complain, never need to take a ****, and - jmlppx MU - 11/10 16:22:20

They don't need to be drug tested either... - Salty Dog MU

- 11/10 16:38:33

Lot of the manufacturing gone as well - JG A - 11/10 16:21:32

its service and technical degree jobs too. False narrative u - TigerFan92 MU - 11/10 16:12:12

So you are going to manipulate the market... - Scipio Da Manus MU - 11/10 16:14:07

It's working quite well for China... - Salty Dog MU

- 11/10 16:42:14

Well, I think that is arguable... - Scipio Da Manus MU - 11/10 16:43:50

Is currency not a market and they are manipulating it? (nm) - Salty Dog MU

- 11/10 16:59:29

Nope, make it fair and it will equalize. For many years our - TigerFan92 MU - 11/10 16:21:55

All of this is temporary. - Zeaux MU

- 11/10 16:16:06

this too(nm) - TigerFan92 MU - 11/10 16:22:18

A good percentage of import cars are already made in - Zeaux MU

- 11/10 16:11:50

Well put. (nm) - Sarazen MU - 11/10 16:19:57

The gotta go to college thing has been clear since at least - Scipio Da Manus MU - 11/10 16:10:53

Unions need to die (nm) - TheWildcat STL - 11/10 16:07:10

The only one that needs to die is the guvmint workers union, - jmlppx MU - 11/10 16:26:13

They have a purpose. - Toger STL - 11/10 16:13:24

Oh I agree. They were a great thing in the beginning but - TheWildcat STL - 11/10 16:14:05

The overstepping really was more of a 70s- maybe - JG A - 11/10 16:17:31

How? They barely exist anymore(nm) - Scipio Da Manus MU - 11/10 16:15:02

You're smarter than that. There is no construction outside - TheWildcat STL - 11/10 16:17:12

I'm guessing you don't live in a union town. - Zeaux MU

- 11/10 16:17:12

He lives in STL...it's union as hell...as is every metro (nm) - TheWildcat STL - 11/10 16:17:41

One in ten employees in this country is union.... - Scipio Da Manus MU - 11/10 16:25:37

Oil industry has OCAW, Boilermakers and Welders, Carpenters, - jmlppx MU - 11/10 16:28:04

I didn't say they weren't alive... - Scipio Da Manus MU - 11/10 16:30:42

Of course not, but they ain't dead, nor should they be with - jmlppx MU - 11/10 16:35:01

I do have a problem with public worker unions... - Scipio Da Manus MU - 11/10 16:36:40

When I was in the oil industry I bargained with the 4 I ment - jmlppx MU - 11/10 16:39:59

1/10 seems substantial...and they are making the highest - TheWildcat STL - 11/10 16:30:16

It was double that (at least) in the 1980's(nm) - Scipio Da Manus MU - 11/10 16:32:37

Maybe. There were certainly more union members then. My - jmlppx MU - 11/10 16:37:32

RE: Maybe. There were certainly more union members then. My - Scipio Da Manus MU - 11/10 16:38:50

Interestjng. Thanks for snagging that(nm) - jmlppx MU - 11/10 16:41:39