I have an x-brother in law who worked at the DaimlerChrysler plant in Fenton MO...UAW worker. He missed more than 1/2 of his scheduled days the last year he was there, due to a meth problem, but the union protected him and kept his job for him...until he got busted selling meth in the plant, then he was finally gone. At a normal job he would have been out on his ear a long time ago...and this was a guy with a GED, not exactly a genius, making $60,000 a year. Now that he blew that gig and is out of prison, he works odd jobs and by my guesstimate, is living in poverty. One could argue that, given his education, skill set and job history, that's where he belonged all along.

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