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From: Bob Clinkenbeard (no email)
Date: Mon Aug 30 2004 - 23:35:27 EDT
Curious Lee.....Is this the mindless chit chat you were speaking of?
Sorry everybody.......now I've done it.
Bob Clinkenbeard
Project 41' semi-displacement trawler
http://www.dreamwater.org/captainbob/
----- Original Message -----
From: "leland robinson" <>
To: "Trawlers & Trawlering" <>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 5:17 PM
Subject: T&T: Re: Blue collar blues
> Forty or fifty years ago, the typical blue collar worker in America could
> earn a family wage, by which I mean he could support, at a decent level,
> himself and his wife and children. Today, few blue collar workers earn a
> family wage. The real purchasing power of the average male blue collar
> worker in America has been declining for a long time (with some ups and
> downs, but the trend has been downward).
>
> In 1960, 37 percent of the U.S. private sector workforce was unionized.
> Today the figure is less than 13 percent.
>
> The above facts are clearly related.
>
> Relevant to the weakness of the American union movement is the fact that
> capital is organized internationally, while labor is organized, at best,
> nationally. If American blue-collar workers complain or ask for more
money,
> industry moves elsewhere. This makes it hard to unionize and puts unions
in
> a weak bargaining position.
>
> This weakness of American labor impacts all workers (blue collar and white
> collar), including those who work on boats.
>
> Lee Robinson
> "Katahdin" (Seaton-designed, 42-foot, raised pilot house trawler)
> New Bern, NC
>
> P.S.: Forgive me if this is not related closely enough to trawlers and
> trawlering. I just couldn't resist adding my 2 cents worth.
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