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Re:Apple plans to spend $1B to support advanced manufacturin... by bduerst on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:20PM (#14267843)
It's because American's romanticize manufacturing for some reason. They love the idea of someone doing back-breaking labor on a factory floor line, but hate the idea of someone working retail in air conditioning.
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Re:Apple plans to spend $1B to support advanced manufacturin... by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:26PM (#14267894)
Those romanticized factory jobs were by and large protected by unions and offered better pay and pensions than any other blue collar occupation.
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Re:Apple plans to spend $1B to support advanced manufacturin... by bduerst on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:51PM (#14270304)
Which is ironic, considering the party claiming to want to bring back manufacturing jobs is also the party that busted the unions.
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