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The Vanishing Male Worker: How America Fell Behind
The New York Times ^
| December 11, 2014
| Binyamin Appelbaum
Posted on 12/11/2014 3:45:29 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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But I was told repeatedly that the economy is great and getting better every day...
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Id work for them but theyre only willing to pay $10 an hour, he said, pointing at a Chick-fil-A that probably pays most of its workers less than that. Im 49 with two kids$10 just isnt going to cut it.
Picking on Chick-Fil-A and invoking the Fight For $15 rhetoric at the same time. Is it worth it to read the rest?
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:48:02 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Frank Walsh still pays dues to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, but more than four years have passed since his name was called at the union hall where the few available jobs are distributed.
Terry Malloy at the NYC docks??
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:51:32 PM PST
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Being a retired electrician myself, I've seen what the Obama economy did to the construction/service industry.
Journeyman Electricians used to making $60-$70K/year were making 1/3 of that because business was not spending money on capital expansion/improvement, etc.
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:51:50 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
To: Olog-hai
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Ha, ha. The pres__ent is giving your job to an "undocumented" worker...
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:52:31 PM PST
by
kosciusko51
(Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I was NOT a Union Guy either.
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:52:38 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Good luck getting the fast food job.
You will be seen as over qualified.
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:52:43 PM PST
by
mylife
To: mylife
Bs, they would not hire you unless you speak Spanish now.
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:53:39 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
$10 hr vs $0 hr
Hmmmmm... what to do.
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:54:05 PM PST
by
mylife
To: A CA Guy
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:55:28 PM PST
by
mylife
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Unions kill jobs. Same with the minimum wage.
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:55:29 PM PST
by
re_nortex
(DP - that's what I like about Texas)
To: PROCON
Its not worth working hard for so little pay.
After you do the math, living on federal and state benefits that pay just as much is easier, given that there’s no sign things will get better.
The decimation of the middle class has not improved the economy or brightened Americans’ faith in the future of the country.
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:56:17 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: mylife
If I thought he’d really work I’d recruit him tomorrow, but that union mindset becomes ingrained after a while. I was once in AFSCME, so that’s not second-hand knowledge talking.
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:56:44 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
quote “The poll found that 85% of prime aged men without jobs did not have a bachelors degree, and 34% said they had criminal records.”
um... stupid and criminal is not exactly a recipe for success.
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:56:53 PM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
To: Olog-hai
this man might want to consider moving to a right to work state where he can start his own electrical business and be his own boss and make good money again. But instead he just sits year after year in the union hall waiting for his number to be called.
wow... unbelievable.
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:59:10 PM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
12/11/2014 3:59:40 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Let me see if I get this straight.
This guy has not any work from the IBEW hall, but he continues to give money to an organization that constantly supports anti-energy pro immigration politicians.
A guy this dumb should not be allowed around electricity.
BTW I wonder how many times he was sent back to the Hall early. Just say’n
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posted on
12/11/2014 4:01:19 PM PST
by
Ocoeeman
(Reformed Rocked Scientist)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
My late mother would have had a good way to describe Mr. Walsh.
Lazy good-for-nothing.
.
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posted on
12/11/2014 4:02:20 PM PST
by
Mears
To: mylife
Latinos only want their own kind working with them, they have issues with especially blacks who are violent with them and owners need Spanish speakers to serve their market, so old time Americans are screwed.
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posted on
12/11/2014 4:02:26 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
No sympathy from me. The IBEW supported Obama and Obama supports the illegal aliens who are taking the jobs that used to go to the IBEW. Too bad.
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posted on
12/11/2014 4:09:17 PM PST
by
MeganC
(It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
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