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haele

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20. You still tended to have factory workers only survive 5 to 10 years

Reply to msongs (Reply #5)

Sat May 3, 2025, 09:59 PM

May 3

I lived in a few factory adjacent neighborhoods growing up; grandparents didn't have an easy time, lots of widows. From what I remember, lots of respiratory system problems and cancers tended to start developing in when they were their late 50's and early 60's.

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Nutlick? Dave Bowman May 3 #2

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I'll bet those kids got teased in school. SheltieLover May 3 #6

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a life long factory job used to be the American dream back in the 50s. except you could live off msongs May 3 #5

You still tended to have factory workers only survive 5 to 10 years haele May 3 #20

This kind of man knows nothing about working class life-- viva la May 3 #7

Well, at least now under the current administration the coal miners Abolishinist May 3 #9

Just to add... in the decades around and before my birth... WarGamer May 3 #11

Were your family UAW members, or were they represented by the UAW in their jobs? LudwigPastorius May 3 #21

I'm not sure when Caterpillar began it's relationship with the UAW... WarGamer May 4 #25

The five year olds will be the family breadwinners Hassler May 3 #12

Like this, right? jmowreader May 4 #31

It's the Twilight Zone, there is no other answer. spanone May 3 #13

That's not a freakin' "new model" it is the exact model it's been since factories were invented ms liberty May 3 #14

exactly what I thought Skittles May 3 #17

Considering they won't change Tree Lady May 3 #15

No sweatshops in the United States! Initech May 3 #16

They'll lock you into the high-rise dorms at night to keep you safe... hunter May 3 #18

And if you oppose it, off to RFK Jr's wellness reeducation camps! Initech May 3 #22

And company towns for many those factories, just like the old days. haele May 3 #19

As long as we'll all be working for the keiretsu DFW May 3 #23

"Instead of an actual paycheck, we'll give you company money, so you can buy stuff at the company store!" sakabatou May 4 #24

This is so typical of republicans NJCher May 4 #26

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These people are complete and utter morons stumpysbear May 4 #30

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