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For a real-life example, there's a big aluminum plant in "my other hometown" that's been closed for a while due to negotiations between the union and management.

The guys who work there were earning in the six figures with no education. The kind of job that's much rarer nowadays than a generation ago. Management demands significant concessions or the plant might just close.

If you are 45 years old with no education, and you've enjoyed a $100,000 a year easy job so far, would you accept to do the same easy job for $70,000, or risk losing it completely and have to start over (likely at minimum wage at Home Depot or something like that) ?