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I can relate, in 1981, all employees with less than 10 years at US Steel went out the gate on a single Friday. You see, the following year, the pension law was to change and people were to be pension vested in 5 years instead of 10. I had 9 years, 11 months, and 16 days of continuous employment, on that particular Friday. I was not alone, as 5500 folks lost their jobs in Gary, In. that day. I haven't been married to a single company since, and I never will again. I do the basically same job now, except I get twice the money and when the project is over, I collect unemployment until the U. Hall calls me again to go somewhere else. Much betta.



Most people don't realize the unions invented the middle class. Before unions people worked 6 days a week for 80 hours. Unions gave us the 40 hour week, vacations, health insurance, sick days, retirement, minimum wage.

Before unions, there was the rich and the poor.