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3. I'm convinced the proximity to Chicago
Wed Apr 22, 2015, 01:53 PM
Apr 2015

is the thing that helped us. I grew up in mid-Wisconsin in the 70s. Folks worked in both small and larger factories and they belonged to the unions. They were serious about organizing - and I think that came straight from the strong labor tradition in Chicago. Now all of that has been outsourced or weakened. Along with it the salaries that could actually support a family.

I look at folks there now, in their 20's-40s, working at Walmart, McDonalds, etc ... and think about how we tried to warn them. Instead they elected Scott Walker. Smh ...



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