People think they miss manufacturing jobs. They don’t. They miss social benefits guaranteed by a union.

40 hour work week? Union won.
Worker’s comp insurance? Union won.
Overtime pay? Union won.

@jhankins This is absolutely true, but I do think people miss feeling like their labor is producing something useful to people like themselves, rather than being a complete and utter bullshit job making their boss even richer and making people like themselves deal with more and more bullshit in their everyday lives.
@dalias @jhankins I'd add that it could also work out if both aspects were decoupled. Give people agency and the feeling to provide something useful. UBI and strong communal exchange of help and service might already be a solution for a lot of people.