Thursday, June 16, 2011

Bring back those low paying jobs

Perry Mullen of Garam (with whom I worked to locate several cut and sew plants) would tell community leaders that there were still two industries where work was hard and pay was low -- the garment and saw mill industries.Well, you can't move saw mills to China ( although at least five are closed in this area due to the lack of construction) but the garment industry years ago as industries with better wages and working conditions moved in.  Now, with 14 million people looking for jobs, we need those manufacturing plants.

I recently bought two pair of trousers, checked the labels and discovered they were made in China.  They could have been made in the United States and jobs would have been saved.  They were not made in China to save on labor costs; at least the price did not reflect that.  They were priced at 56 dollars a pair although I paid half that because they were on sale.

We have millions of people who will take any kind of job but the government's policies five us little hope that conditions will bet better soon. In fact, many economists warn that conditions are going to get much worse.

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