My Career as a Wage-slave – Continued…

At Airflex, I’d been making around $12.50/hr as a layout inspector/machinist/machine programmer. All my attempts at finding another similar factory job were in vain. None offered me more than a $10-11/hr income. With my growing family and the inflation of the time, that was disheartening. So, I rethought my strategy going forward.

After Airflex, considering my job hunting experiences, I took what retirement money I’d saved up and went back to school to finish a BA. It was obvious to me that ‘good’ factory and machining jobs were being phased out, being turned over to robots. As we later learned, they were also being moved to China, India, and Mexico. Of course, that was never mentioned at the time.

It took me about a year and a half to finish school and graduate with a BA and certificate to teach secondary English in the State of OH. Unfortunately, my wage-slavery got even more sketchy after that. And yes, I’ve already discussed this situation elsewhere. I ended up teaching as a substitute teacher off and on through the ‘90s. … I never made enough teaching to justify the expense of my education. Take what you will away from that.

To be Continued…

–LE