Loading ...Try to imagine employer supplied auto repair insurance. The drivers would stop by the mechanic, who would naturally find SOME thing he could justify fixing five years earlier than needed, like surface cracks in the rubber brake hoses or tires. Slight wear in the shock absorbers and ball joints.
I remember when I was a kid I caught the drift. You roll into the body shop for a dented fender. The first thing the body guy asks “Do you have insurance?” Good, we can charge for a new fender, and I’ll bondo up the damage, and you won’t need to pay the deductible.
Very few to none had medical insurance in factories. No unions in factories. Seemed like is was not allowed or promoted by gov’t. Gov’t needs various space and defense parts. Big business, the gov’t wants cheap materials and labor. Only big corporations or public utilities, or civil service had health insurance and or unions.
If the metal work was real estate related, like duct work in buildings, that was all unionized. The favored child, r/e. In an industrial precision (plus or minus .005 to .031) sheet metal shop, $3.25/hr was top pay after 10 years of experience.
Duct work plus or minus 1/4 inch, thay got $30/hr plus benefits.