There were recessions in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s. And the ones that got hit the hardest, first were always the trades. People have been treating these jobs a

There were recessions in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s. And the ones that got hit the hardest, first were always the trades. People have been treating these jobs and those workers like shit for decades. Everyone wants the same thing, great work at a low low price. We have this romantic notion that a pipe-fitter wants their kid to take over the family trade. The reality is that kid probably grew up through a few recessions, knows free/reduced school lunches a bit better than they would like, and the parents aren't necessarily pushing them to follow in the old man's foot steps.