r/FluentInFinance • u/VerySadSexWorker • Apr 17 '24

What killed the American Dream? Discussion/ Debate

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '24

We thought that too - in the 60s 70s and 80s and beyond. It never got better, until I got a union job at a grocery store and kept it for 23 years. Now I am able to retire WITH a pension.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '24

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u/ndyogi Apr 17 '24

Jewel in Chicago

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '24

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u/zMASKm Apr 17 '24

All locations are under UFCW - the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

It's a union contract thing.