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Re:How Does America “Reshore” Skills That Have Disappeared? by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 17, 2016 @05:20PM (#11307705)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_unions_in_Germany

"Trade unions in Germany have a history reaching back to the German revolution in 1848, and still play an important role in the German economy and society."

Yes?

Welding properly is difficult and takes hundreds of hours of practice (at least). I encourage everyone here to take an intro to welding at your local community college to round out your skillset.

Re:How Does America “Reshore” Skills That Have Disappeared? by x0x0 on Thursday March 17, 2016 @06:06PM (#11308014)
and in CA, we have a topical example of what happens when you have incompetent welders...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_San_Bruno_pipeline_explos...

Re:How Does America “Reshore” Skills That Have Disappeared? by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 17, 2016 @06:19PM (#11308081)
The problem is, when you're a corporation who cuts corners by using cheaper, less capable workers, you must be penalized harshly for it. Otherwise, there is no incentive to do the work properly (at a slightly higher cost).