Former RG Steel plant closed in 2009 has been

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5. That's how people lived their lives from the 40s through the early 80s

They got a job that paid enough to pay the bills and joined a union to keep it that way. They'd work at that job or be promoted within the company until they turned 65.

That kind of security also meant a certain amount of boredom, but it also meant the workforce got very, very good at their jobs.

After 1980, we started to see merger and takeover fever that closed plants down to decrease competition and eventually move it all overseas. "Job went tits up" became more common on work histories.