‘Car guys’ retrain but downshift to lower pay

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Life  Sat, 07/04/2009 - 06:15

Big, burly and a "car guy" since high school, Tom Persinger worked for years at General Motors. Now he's a nurse's aide earning $12 an hour.   "I've been humbled quite a bit," he said.

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