[dennisw]

As a side note, at the Tier I manufacturing stamping plant where I used to work on Detroit's east side, there was an electrician who logged 4,000+ hours three years in a row..with many of those days working 12 - 16 hours........

I'll bet that job and factory have been gone for while. This plant means "made in America"
You are describing a good job at a good wage that you could buy a house with. Where in the 1970s your wife could stay at home and not have to work and some of the public schools were good. Quite a contrast with working overtime at a low wage WalMart job selling communist China made items

[Hot Tabasco]

I'll bet that job and factory have been gone for while. This plant means "made in America" You are describing a good job at a good wage that you could buy a house with. Where in the 1970s your wife could stay at home and not have to work and some of the public schools were good. Quite a contrast with working overtime at a low wage WalMart job selling communist China made items

You are correct on one point, my plant did close down at the end of 2006 and Ford (who we were a supplier to) didn't blink an eye. Nor did the UAW who were primarily responsible for the elevated wages at my company that ultimately made us non-competitors in providing body stampings.........

WalMart provides jobs to the undereducated and underskilled and people work for WalMart because they provide wages and benefits that are not available in their respective communities.......These are retail jobs only.

And as a side note Dennis, you would be amazed at the number of WalMart employees here in S.E. Michigan who are spouses of Big 3 employees..

And for the folks who shop at WalMart, they don't give a rats ass where the stuff is made just as long as it fits in their price range.....that's just the way it is homie.