Baker describes briefly his work in the furniture at Trendline. In particular, Baker describes efforts to unionize at Trendline and the failure of those efforts. Baker voted against unionization because he believed that the company gave the workers good benefits and wages and that a union was unnecessary. He contrasts his experiences with Trendline, namely the fact that he eventually received a pension, to that of his brother who worked at Conover Furniture for the duration of his career and never received a pension. Baker does not cite a specific date for his tenure at Trendline, but does mention that the benefits got better during the early 1960s under the Kennedy administration.