I recently spoke with a few old plumbers about how they went from the steel trades to the pipe trades. This history led me down an interesting path that explains some of the things that we see in the plumbing industry today.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 led to one of the largest job displacements in United States history. Workers by the hundreds of thousands in the manufacturing field were laid off. The federal government decided to act. It started programs in the most heavily affected areas to try and retrain these workers and place them in
What Happened When NAFTA Collided With the Plumbing Industry
The author looks at how the displacement of jobs due to the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994 affected aspects of the plumbing industry that can still be seen today
Sep 26, 2019
| by Anthony Pacilla |
