“unionization throughout one’s career”—the premise of the study, in fact drove the very unadaptability of the businesses and workers who were systematically une

“unionization throughout one’s career”—the premise of the study, in fact drove the very unadaptability of the businesses and workers who were systematically unemployed. The people who held the highest paying union jobs in the 70s and 80s were systematically devalued out of careers in the US during the globalization that followed. That is unambiguously correct. Many of those individuals held such jobs for extended periods, the jobs disappeared, and they were forced to change specialization or location at significant loss. This was absolutely not a winning hand, disagree all you like, factually the study is not designed to handle historical reality.