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TheMastersNemesis

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78. When I Was Still Interviewing In 1998 Stories Like Yours Were Very Common.
Wed Feb 27, 2013, 04:22 PM
Feb 2013

And so many seniors took their abuse with resignation. What really puzzles me is how many workers today still hate unions and government. They buy into the over regulation bull all the time. Well,probably not all of them but too many. And now we have an entire generation that knows NOTHING of what a stable job market used to be like.

As far as I am concerned workers have a RIGHT to long term employment and a decent wage. A system that cannot provide that or will not provide is if a failure or a fraud.

I feel for all these stories. Anyone supporting a GOP candidate anywhere in the country is supporting a politician who supports workers having NO SAY, NO RIGHTS AND NO REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.

Restoring the social contract by force of federal law and mass unionization and collective bargaining that forces employers to to the right thing is about the only hope there is for the future.

If that stance is too socialistic then I am a damned socialist. I fully support FDR Second Economic Bill Of Rights in the Constitution.

I was involuntarily "retired" mid-40s supernova Feb 2013 #1
Do you have a website leftynyc Feb 2013 #16
Sure do, Link Here supernova Feb 2013 #27
your link appears to be dead /nt demwing Feb 2013 #31
Working now supernova Feb 2013 #41
The map points . . . aggiesal Feb 2013 #53
Thanks, fixed supernova Feb 2013 #57
Much Better!!! aggiesal Feb 2013 #59
lovely website! Skittles Feb 2013 #104
Thank you, Skittles supernova Feb 2013 #117
Excellent! rosesaylavee Feb 2013 #131
So let's raise the retirment age! PrMaine Feb 2013 #35
Part of the plan... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #38
It is every bit this bad....... samplegirl Feb 2013 #111
The other hindrance to starting a business in your 50's is health care... Lochloosa Feb 2013 #136
Yes, health care is a real problem PrMaine Feb 2013 #164
Limbo supernova Feb 2013 #169
Good for you Supernova! I did the same thing... leftieNanner Feb 2013 #44
Amen! supernova Feb 2013 #51
Thanks, Supernova. leftieNanner Feb 2013 #146
What a story! Good for you! October Feb 2013 #60
Well, thanks supernova Feb 2013 #63
Screw you, corporate america! Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #76
You're my idol. graywarrior Feb 2013 #118
Good luck to you, your website pics tempt the palate...nice job. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2013 #119
"Invisible" is it! Warpy Feb 2013 #127
We are being forced to start our own companies onlyadream Feb 2013 #162
Great Website... Thanks for posting it here. KoKo Feb 2013 #167
Thanks re: website supernova Feb 2013 #168
Thanks...probably wouldn't KoKo Feb 2013 #170
Filled with truthiness of the new reality. 99Forever Feb 2013 #2
Death by a thousand cuts... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #40
The BushCo Legacy will be with us for generations. lpbk2713 Feb 2013 #3
"Bandits in this Tame Hour" Occulus Feb 2013 #129
That's excellent. n/t mattclearing Feb 2013 #158
This is a basic concept that is flawed, and corporate America is responsible for it. AndyA Feb 2013 #4
you are so right!!!! perfect post along with OP. KnR for both. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #116
I've found a job three times since turning 50. michigandem58 Feb 2013 #5
Congratulations - You Are One Of The Luckier Ones TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #6
Thanks, but it wasn't luck michigandem58 Feb 2013 #18
I got hired at 49 tblue Feb 2013 #82
I appreciate your enthusiasm and positive experience sikofit3 Feb 2013 #121
That's just it supernova Feb 2013 #9
Two plant closings and a reorganization michigandem58 Feb 2013 #14
Your jobs were with the same company, just one closed division to the next? Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #77
All were different companies n/t michigandem58 Feb 2013 #81
Same skill set, or different work entirely? Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #91
Same skill set, or very close n/t michigandem58 Feb 2013 #93
Why have you had to look for work 3 times since turning 50? bvar22 Feb 2013 #19
OP already answered that question demwing Feb 2013 #34
No, it isn't. I've been unemployed and underemployed for FIVE Years, duffyduff Feb 2013 #37
Hagel? Is that you? Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #48
Tell me about it. - eom supernova Feb 2013 #58
I've found a job three times since turning 60. SheilaT Feb 2013 #71
Congratulations michigandem58 Feb 2013 #72
Really? progressoid Feb 2013 #87
*crickets* Wednesdays Feb 2013 #97
Yes, really michigandem58 Feb 2013 #103
So that supports the Atlantic story.. progressoid Feb 2013 #122
They could be more selective michigandem58 Feb 2013 #138
My husband lost his job at 55 and he has never been rehired. fasttense Feb 2013 #163
I got two jobs after turning 60.... llmart Feb 2013 #124
One would think that someone with over half a century of experience Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #100
Actually, they do support me michigandem58 Feb 2013 #105
No, they don't. The Pew figures are cited and accompanied with an analysis. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #106
The older the group, the lower the unemployment rate michigandem58 Feb 2013 #110
I think your delusional samplegirl Feb 2013 #112
That is playing with numbers. former9thward Feb 2013 #114
Gee they were all such good paying jobs samplegirl Feb 2013 #113
What? michigandem58 Feb 2013 #132
Before I put you on my IL, chervilant Feb 2013 #130
That makes no sense at all - because you found some work others are exaggerating? Really? nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #150
How "uniquely American" of you. corkhead Feb 2013 #165
When I decided to leave my job and work with Dogs... Walk away Feb 2013 #7
Agree 100% supernova Feb 2013 #10
Wait until you are up and running full force. You will be so happy! Walk away Feb 2013 #13
Already love it! supernova Feb 2013 #29
I was owner / operator of a horse ranch... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #50
Similar Tactics, for Different Reasons Demeter Feb 2013 #25
That's the thing! When you are the only responsible one you might as well... Walk away Feb 2013 #96
I'm turning 50 in May rox63 Feb 2013 #8
It depends on the region, the experience and the person him or herself. randome Feb 2013 #11
Anymore, 'job security' means Union Scribe Feb 2013 #12
The history of labor ...its movements were all for nothing. Corporations have won. L0oniX Feb 2013 #15
Corporations got smart... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #43
And will soon control the inter-tubes erronis Feb 2013 #67
Welcome to DU... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #94
+1 "like frogs in a slowly heated pot" L0oniX Feb 2013 #137
Where fast food restaurants used to hire mostly kids, I see more 50's working there now NightWatcher Feb 2013 #17
The corporate machine must get rid of the ones who hold the memory of better times. ErikJ Feb 2013 #20
There are some young DU people who feel we should just "get out of the way" redstatebluegirl Feb 2013 #21
Age discrimination is a HUGE civil rights issue, but are liberals doing anything about it? reformist2 Feb 2013 #22
Don't you mean Democrats? There are few liberals that are in charge, and capable of doing anything. Dawgs Feb 2013 #52
It was liberals, or at least Democrats, who enacted the Age Discrimination in Employment Act Jim Lane Feb 2013 #73
I'm shocked by how many articles talk about it as if it's acceptable, not a hint of its illegality. reformist2 Feb 2013 #88
The ridiculous thing is that older workers have several advantages over younger ones. klook Feb 2013 #23
One of the problems that many older workers seem to have is that they have winter is coming Feb 2013 #89
This is true Bainbridge Bear Feb 2013 #24
Medical librarians...... llmart Feb 2013 #126
I should have added Bainbridge Bear Feb 2013 #133
I've worked in public and academic libraries..... llmart Feb 2013 #135
Totally agree...almost five yrs unemployed and I will be 49 in a couple of months sunwyn Feb 2013 #26
The single biggest contribution to getting older workers back to work would be A Simple Game Feb 2013 #28
+1 n/t magellan Feb 2013 #47
agree n/t CONN Feb 2013 #125
And it would solve a zillion others employment issues for folks as well. LuckyLib Feb 2013 #141
And the ones who are working are being abused Seedersandleechers Feb 2013 #30
those hours are killer Skittles Feb 2013 #107
I turned 45 on Monday... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #32
K&R++ Dryvinwhileblind Feb 2013 #33
Maybe it's time to legalize SCVDem Feb 2013 #36
See Kurt Vonnegut's story "Welcome to the Monkey House" klook Feb 2013 #70
And the solution is ... raise the SS retirement age??!!! Martin Eden Feb 2013 #39
The economy is slow. Blanks Feb 2013 #42
And getting them out of the Arkansas Legislature.. I have become ashamed of my state LiberalArkie Feb 2013 #45
Beebe was on the news this morning... Blanks Feb 2013 #54
You nailed it perfectly! Rider3 Feb 2013 #46
This certainly proves Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2013 #49
I am that guy.... Bennyboy Feb 2013 #55
This is all planned ahead to give employers all the power. Kelselsius Feb 2013 #56
I worked at a fortune 500 company where the supervisor loved telling us we were easily replaced. Denis 11 Feb 2013 #123
What really gets me about this is . . . aggiesal Feb 2013 #61
They have no concept supernova Feb 2013 #64
yup, they just don't get it Skittles Feb 2013 #109
Yup, they can't get a job and when they do it is peanuts with a mountain of TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #142
young folk also have more expenses than we did Skittles Feb 2013 #143
Insurance as a percentage of income! TheKentuckian Mar 2013 #173
OMG HEALTHCARE Skittles Mar 2013 #174
But anyone who wouldn't implement the policy would get fired right away. reformist2 Feb 2013 #65
Permanent is kind of a permanent word Coyotl Feb 2013 #62
The 50 Something Unemployable Just A Symptom Of A Sick Job Market That I Call "Jurassic Job Market" TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #66
Medicare For All would alleviate a LOT of the anguish Doctor_J Feb 2013 #68
Soon to be 57. Unemployed for almost a year now. maveric56 Feb 2013 #69
Almost 58 SCVDem Feb 2013 #74
When I Was Still Interviewing In 1998 Stories Like Yours Were Very Common. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #78
Same thing as you samplegirl Feb 2013 #115
I'm an independent contractor ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #75
Independent Contractor IS The Planned Future For The US Work Force-The GOP And Its Allies Won't Tell TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #80
Yep.... ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #84
I resemble that remark as well. They_Live Feb 2013 #79
Just posted about that the other day ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #83
That Was A Very Good Post - TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #85
I agree. People bought into this crap for decades now ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #95
Addendum - Occupations TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #98
Wow that is a very interesting bit of history there. ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #101
Let me tell you what's happened with many of my generation (50+) michigandem58 Feb 2013 #86
What You Posted Is Largely True - There Is One Caveat. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #90
"Lost homes..." KansDem Feb 2013 #139
K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #92
You left out Tort Reform which has gutted the individuals rights vs. corporations! Dustlawyer Feb 2013 #99
I HEAR YOU TMN Skittles Feb 2013 #102
its the healthcare.... CarrieLynne Feb 2013 #108
um Skittles Feb 2013 #145
My exact thought, Skittles. susanna Feb 2013 #151
I know, but I think these kinds of convo's happen alot in many companies CarrieLynne Feb 2013 #166
Not enough Younger-Than-Boomers thought unions and pensions were good enough to fight for. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #120
This 48 year old agrees. MNBrewer Feb 2013 #128
It looks great! meti57b Feb 2013 #134
I'm turning 61 next week LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #140
And The GOP Plans To Make It Much Worse. Sequester Is Just The Beginning. LEARN CHINESE TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #144
58, employed and fully vested quaker bill Feb 2013 #147
Glad To See Your Success TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #149
. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #148
45 is the perfect age to start ones own business. It's a partial solution. The job market needs to KittyWampus Feb 2013 #152
It isn't a solution for most. duffyduff Feb 2013 #171
I got lucky and changed careers before the point of no return Not Sure Feb 2013 #153
I Think Your Situation Is Great. It Is Too Late For Too Many TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #154
There are a lot of new hires like me Not Sure Feb 2013 #159
Regarding your part about workers being tricked into being anti union etc... alp227 Feb 2013 #155
The Culture Wars Were The Largest Part Of It. Hate Radio Became More And More Pervasive. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #156
A woman I know said her 20-something sons can't find jobs. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #157
Even If They Could Find Jobs Those Jobs Have No Future. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #160
Yes. onlyadream Feb 2013 #161
great post. blackspade Mar 2013 #172
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