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Re: Joe the Plumber (none / 1)
A plumber will normally work alone, a carpenter normally in a work crew.

I'd also hazard a guess that carpenters have a higher unionization rate (for the same reason).

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Wed Jun 3rd, 2015 at 01:39:37 PM EST
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