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In a sad sort of way this thread is reminiscent of the old "first they came for the trade unionists and I did nothing because I wasn't one of them"......now it's become "first they came for the factory jobs and I did nothing, then they came for the carpenters and plumbers jobs and I did nothing, now they've come for mine and there's nobody left to help defend me and my job".

More than 10 years ago, in the early 90's, I was the computer tech for the prototype garage at GM Cadillac. The Hourly ("blue-collars") UAW members were very angry about job outsourced to Mexico and to non-union states like Tennessee. There were also some very pissed IT workers who were GM employees forced to join EDS when EDS took over all IT operations for GM.

The IT workers were so pissed with EDS that they tried to join the UAW. I remember this very well because I was the UAW/engineers liaison and had to teach all the UAW guys how to use a computer.

One of the UAW guys predicted, "They're sending our jobs over to Mexico now, but just you wait, you white collar salaried engineers will have your turn right after they get rid of the worthless middle management."

When the axe fell at GM back in '92 (the year that you-know-who was elected) they started with the CEO and then worked their way down to lowly old me.