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My grandparents on my Father's side worked in the Hat Corporation of America factory in Norwalk, Connecticut most of their lives. My grandmother was a seamstress; my grandfather worked in the printing plant making those nice silk logo'd liners that went into men's hats in those days. They were religious and patriotic. My grandfather was chief of the Fire Company (Putnam Hose). My grandmother converted to Catholicism once she came here from Norway (in order to marry my grandfather, who was a staunch Catholic and a Knight of Columbus). She raised three kids, adopted one more, and then went back to work. They survived the great depression, and were a big part of the labor movement, surviving the great Hat Corporation strike that unionized the workers in millinery plants in America. They believed in Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He brought dignity to the workers' lives by creating  the National Labor Relations Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Social Security, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. They were proud members of the millinery union, and knew they would have something of a retirement because of social security. When I chose to start my business after college at Marquette University, it involved staying in Wisconsin rather than moving back to New Jersey. Read the full article

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Did you know that the average U.S. worker stays at each of their jobs for 4.4 years? Now you know. #nowyaknow #americanworker #usa #jobs

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