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Originally Posted by d-ray657
I think that is more the case in the trades than in other segments of the economy. It is the nature of the work that many tradesmen move among several employers. I know of some guys who have a pretty steady rotation of 3 or 4 employers they shift between, depending on who has the work. I spent several years defending a union against claims from a group for people who blamed the union because the employers weren't hiring them.
It's a different situation in manufacturing jobs or office jobs. The specialized skills and experience from one job don't always transfer as well to other positions, or the supply of individuals who have developed the general skills is much larger than the number of positions.
Regards,
D-Ray
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You hit the nail on the head. Skilled technical labor pays well since the supply of workers is much lower than the demand for filling jobs.
I cringe when I hear of a family trying to make it on a combined family income of 1/3rd of what I make a year because daddy/mommy lost their job at Whirlpool when they outsourced to Mexico and lower waged areas of the US.