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SoCalDem

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Wed Jul-20-11 02:19 PM
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49. It's like that in many professions, I'm afraid

My son is a large equipment operator, and when the steel mill he worked for went from three 8s a day to one, his and another shift were entirely eliminated. He went from making over $60K a year to longterm unemployment. he finally found "a job" but it was from a TEMP service, and he was then making $15.00 an hour for waste management...no benefits..long/erratic hours.

He made MORE on unemployment.

He's got a new job now , but still making less than half of what he did 4 years ago...:(

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