Posted on 06/24/2015 8:08:48 AM PDT by xzins
Manufacturing employment in the United States peaked 36 years ago in June 1979. That month, the U.S. had a civilian labor force of 104,638,000 and 19,553,000 — or about 18.7 percent — were employed in manufacturing.
Last month, the U.S. had a civilian labor force 157,469,000, but only 12,355,000 — or about 7.8 percent — were employed in manufacturing.
Between those two dates, the number of Americans who held a job or actively sought one increased by 52,831,000. But manufacturing jobs declined by 7,198,000.
In 1979, when manufacturing jobs peaked, households headed by Americans who had completed high school but not attended college enjoyed a median income of $54,503 in constant 2013 dollars.
In 2013, the latest year on record, those households had a median income of $40,701 in constant 2013 dollars — a real drop of $13,802.
Ford Motor Company recently put out a statement bragging about some jobs it will be creating that puts some perspective on this.
The statement was released April 17 — in Mexico City.
"Ford has 11,300 employees in Mexico," said the statement. "The Ford Fiesta, Fusion and Lincoln MKZ as well as the hybrid versions of both are manufactured in Mexico. Ford also has established an Engineering Center in Mexico, which employs more than 1,100 engineers who support global projects."
That just set the foundation.
"... Ford today announced a $2.5 billion investment in two new facilities building a new generation of engines and transmissions in the states of Chihuahua and Guanjuato, respectively," the statement said.
This investment, it said, "will bring 3,800 direct new jobs plus additional indirect jobs to Mexico."
The Ford statement spoke of the U.S. as an "export" market for Ford's Mexican-built engines.
"The new engine facility is being built within Ford's Chihuahua Engine Plant, where the company will produce a new gasoline-powered engine," said Ford. "This $1.1 billion investment and 1,300 new jobs will allow Ford to export engines to the U.S., Canada, South America and the Asia-Pacific region, supporting the company's growing small car lineup."
Data released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis indicates Ford is not alone among U.S. multinationals creating jobs — particularly manufacturing jobs — in Mexico.
In 2009, U.S. multinationals maintained 969,000 jobs in Mexico. By 2012, the latest year for which BEA has published numbers, that had climbed to 1,106,700 jobs — an increase of 137,700 in four years.
Of the 1,106,700 jobs U.S.-controlled multinationals maintained in Mexico in 2012, 546,500 — or 49 percent — were in manufacturing.
BEA reported that at least 100,000 of the jobs that U.S. multinationals had created in Mexico as of 2012 were in manufacturing "transportation equipment." 53,700 were in manufacturing "computers and electronic products."
Back in 1993, President Bill Clinton won approval for the North American Free Trade Agreement, which he pushed through Congress with a fast-track authority that required a simple majority vote in both houses. The agreement created a free-trade zone between Mexico, the United States and Canada.
Now Congress is moving to grant fast-track authority to President Obama so he can finalize negotiations on the "Trans-Pacific Partnership," and move that deal through Congress, without amendment and by simple majorities in both houses.
"The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a proposed regional free trade agreement among 12 countries: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam," the Congressional Research Service explained in a June 10 report.
Six of these countries — Mexico, Canada, Australia, Chile, Peru and Singapore — already have free-trade agreements with the United States. So the five newcomers who will be granted free access to the U.S. market include Communist Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, New Zealand and Japan.
In Malaysia, which has a population of about 30 million, U.S.-controlled multinationals have already created 157,900 jobs, according to the BEA. 112,000 of those — or about 71 percent — are manufacturing jobs. Of those manufacturing jobs, 83,000 are in manufacturing "computers and electronic products."
If Congress enacts President Obama's TPP, will U.S.-controlled multinationals, on net, move the jobs they have created in Malaysia back to the United States or will they create more jobs in Malaysia rather than in the United States?
Will they be releasing statements bragging about the new jobs they are about to create from somewhere in the United States of America — or from Kuala Lumpur?
This investment, it said, "will bring 3,800 direct new jobs plus additional indirect jobs to Mexico."
The Ford statement spoke of the U.S. as an "export" market for Ford's Mexican-built engines.
This investment, it said, "will bring 3,800 direct new jobs plus additional indirect jobs to Mexico."
The Ford statement spoke of the U.S. as an "export" market for Ford's Mexican-built engines.
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Tariffs work.
Bump for later.
A lot of policies within our borders hurt American jobs far more.
If he had been sane Ross Perot would have won in 1992.
A Huuuuge sucking sound of jobs leavin our country.
No matter what’cha thought about ol Ross Perot, he was right.
Every one of those “policies” could be removed from the equation and using virtual slave labor is going to lure the corps to do their offshore “thing”. Open borders and no trade tariffs are the wet dream of gloBULList and Marxists.
Unlike any other country I have seen - in America, we pay people not to work, and we incentivize companies not to hire in the USA.
I’m not talking about specific tax credits to crony-capitalists with lobbying power.
I’m talking about the entire structure of our welfare state, unemployment insurance, Obamacare/healthcare, tort law, environmental and regulations of all kinds.
Obama has taken a bad situation, and made it much worse.
Of all the states I’ve seen, NY is one of the worst environments to employ people. Its a combination of the state’s reliance on, and dominance of, government, the dominance of Wall Street and NY City who run the State, and the pervasive leftist attitude among bureaucrats.
Unlike any other country I have seen - in America, we pay people not to work, and we incentivize companies not to hire in the USA.
Recipe for disaster.
The gloBULLists took Nazism, a form of fascism, and tweaked it. They ditched the Nationalism and replaced it with a “one world concept”. The got rid of tariffs and borders and instituted Free Trade. Now the Fascist international Corporations do not have to deal with the American people directly and answer to a nebulous consortium of countries in gloBULL trade deals. The “displaced” are not sent to concentration camps but are given a EBT cards and foot ball, bread and circuses, to keep them in the pasture and let out to vote every 4 years.
This Obama trade deal is a trojan horse.It’s disguised as “free trade” What It really allows is for Obama to flood the USA with an unlimited number of 3rd world immigrants ...
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/20710-obama-gop-trade-scheme-includes-unrestricted-immigration
This Fast track gives Obama power to make agreements that override U.S. IMMIGRATION laws and any law. It’s the destruction of the republic.It gives obama unlimited dictatorial power to destroy the U.S. Proof here :
http://getliberty.org/oppose-trade-authority-for-obama-on-pacific-trade-deal/
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/20233 .
Obamatrade is about to pass .So those who campaigned here for it's passage are also responsible for the destruction of America. This country is done.
What this article ignores are two very important factors:
1. The increase in annual U.S. Manufactured goods has been steady for many, many decades interrupted only by the occasional recession.
2. The U.S. Leads the world in Output Per Worker due I assume to automation and the use of computers in the manufacturing process. This increase in productivity is the primary reason for the decline in U.S. Manufacturing jobs.
Do some research. Look at the charts and you will see what I mean.
I used to make parts for Sentry safe.
The increase in productivity is definitely a factor, but their are still a lot of jobs that do not lend themselves to automation.I get out the same amount of product now as I did a bunch of years ago, with less people.
That being said, a LOT of jobs have been lost due to “free” trade.
More jobs have been lost to “free”trade than to increased labor efficiencies .
Paging The Donald. :-)
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