That seemed like the major point of the article. Most of the workers mentioned were all barely educated folks working in the same mills their Mama's had worked in, and making a fairly ok living. The woman mentioned near the end of the article realized she wanted something more, so she enrolled in the Community College and got trained for it!.
The newer 'manufacturing' jobs in biotech, etc pay more, but require more education. Since the Community Colleges have already started programs for that, there's no excuse for those folks NOT to get themselves educated for these new jobs. Community college education is not expensive, and there is a lot of Financial Aid available, especially for folks training for new jobs.
Also the days of working at a same job for life is no longer a reality....