Workers were pretty much stuck with their current employer, income was stagnant or declining, opportunities were limited. People were terrified of losing their jobs, because that meant long periods of unemployment. Employers could boot them around, reducing benefits and perks, cutting vacation time, and treating them only a little better than indentured servants. This is one of the reasons why there was a lot of corporate support for a Hillary victory.
For a party that claims to be anti corporatist, and pro worker, the democrat party was the best for corporations, and really bad for the regular employee. The democrat party was really bad for blue collar workers. The democrat party policies and agenda made no effort to improve the economy for the average worker. Their agenda is all about advancing socialism, creating a toxic and divisive environment among different people, and at the same time increasing the number of poor and dependent people.
The Democrats always accuse our side of being extremists, but nothing is more extreme than them trying to make us poor so they can control our lives.
Your post illustrated that very well.
I hope that President Trump turns the mid terms into a referendum of Nancy Pelosi and her policies.
Funny you mention that; Pelosi specifically said ObamaCare would give people more freedom to leave jobs (I believe she used artists as an example), and it had exactly the opposite effect - because it would force people into the ruinous ObamaCare fiasco. You’re right - workers lost a lot of ground under Otoken (he never represented taxpayers, just 1%ers and the welfare class, along with “otherized” nothings) - and that came back and killed Hillary in the Upper Midwest.