The story ignores the underlying problem of a shortage of all jobs for all ages. The corporations and corporate government have exported work to cheap non-union labor, and imported cheap technical workers on H-1B visas to wipe out any job growth. Corporate anti-union efforts have much decreased the ability of local unions to monitor and identify any age discrimination that exists.

A story that hits close to home for many on how ageism is becoming a significant factor in hiring (like it wasn't before??). Related post here: http://newstrust.net/stories/2014367/toolbar?ref=mp

I'm too close to this topic to be a fair judge. I'm 57. I was surplussed 2 years ago, and my income is down to 20% of what it was before I was laid off. My wife, same age, has now applied fruitlessly for over 300 jobs. I get V.A. healthcare. She gets a crappy health insurance policy for a crazy-high price. Really, the question for those of us in our 50s and 60s who are running through our savings is when we should start going 2nd Amendment on America's richest greedheads and the Republicans who constantly side with nasty exploiters against America. I expect some of the blue-collar crowd in the midwest will start the blood payback long before I get to the "nothing to lose" level, but there's plenty of misery here in Florida, ... More »