One in eight Tennessee factory jobs gone since 2007 (56,000 Jobs)

Trashville Post ^ | 11/02/2009 | Trashville Post

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

More bleak data from the manufacturing sector: Tennessee factories has shed more than 56,000 jobs since September of 2007. The automotive sector accounts for more than 9,000 of those losses and has been laying off workers more quickly than the rest of the industry.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tennessee-industrial-jobs-down-126-over-twenty-four-months-68557087.html

[YankeeReb]

Tennessee factories has shed more than 56,000 jobs since September of 2007.

Yeah, but 0bamBam created or SAVED 9548 jobs in Tenn, So There!!!!

[llevrok]

Rhetorically - how many civil servant jobs have been created in the same time?

My home town used to be a bee hive of industrial activity (saw mills, paper mills and associated manufacturers). Today, the only new buildings in that area are being by the state to process medical and social program cases.

[dljordan]

“Rhetorically - how many civil servant jobs have been created in the same time?”

How many illegals are there taking jobs and tax money?

[Radl]

Well they could always try this:

http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=11491092

[mysterio]

I wonder how many are gone since NAFTA.

The outsourcing model has failed and will continue to fail.