Posted by KEH on June 12, 2009 at 04:50:44 from (67.231.165.193):
In Reply to: Unions posted by trucker40 on June 11, 2009 at 21:59:05:
Textile workers in the South were not the only ones that had poor working conditions and low wages. At the time, factory jobs were a step up from what they were doing on the farm. Your comment about the whole family working brings up another point. During my working life and including the present day, most wages have not been high enough for one salary to support a family. With both parents working, unsupervised children have caused various problems.
Also, a trap many couples fell into was to buy too much house where the house payment equaled one pay check. If one partner lost a job, they had a tough time. Some union wages are high enough to avoid this problem, but I think many couples with high wages just spent more.
Factory workers who came off the farm were generally pretty saving. Their children and grandchildren haven't always kept this up.
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