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Pennsylvania manufacturer thrives, if only it can find good workers
Washington Examiner ^ | 10/04/2020 | Salena Zito

Posted on 10/04/2020 12:38:48 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas

The instant you walk into the massive, 750,000-square-foot PHB Industries tool and die plant, the smells and sounds of the buzz and hum of machines and people making things engulfs your senses; instantly, you are aware you are in a place where man, woman, technology, natural resources, and robotics all collaborate for a multitude of product creation and assembly.

Aluminum die-casting, zinc die-casting, machines of every size, shape, and capabilities are everywhere, some run by a computer, some giving off thousands of degrees of heat, and some guided by skilled workers.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: diecasting; fairview; manufacturing; paping; pennsylvania; phbindustries
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1 posted on 10/04/2020 12:38:48 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Manufacturing here in Western Maryland, PA and WV are hurting for workers. Just now starting to recover after paying folks $600 a week to sit at home.

A local FedEx is paying folks $22hr to sling packages. McDonalds is offering $15hr to watch beef cook.

And unemployment is already below 8%. Much, much better than the dog years under Obama and Biden. Trump has cut unemployment IN HALF from the high a few months ago.


2 posted on 10/04/2020 12:46:26 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: VeniVidiVici

Same. Here in SW Missouri the various plants are crying for help. And yes, the word I get from the men running those plants place the blame on the subsidization of laziness by the Feds. That really was a dumb move that didn’t take human nature into account.


3 posted on 10/04/2020 12:52:26 PM PDT by thescourged1
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To: VeniVidiVici

The package slinging is part time, so no benefits.
The Labor Force participation rate is 61.7, down from 63.2 from last year.
None of this is Trump’s fault, but if you think everything is okay, you are sorely mistaken.
Airlines, cruises, restaurants, bars, hotels, tourism, entertainment, real estate, etc. have debts to be paid.
How many haven’t paid rent/mortgage in a number of months?
What happens when the “free” government money stops?


4 posted on 10/04/2020 12:54:24 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: SpeedyInTexas

It is just amazing what lowering taxes does!


5 posted on 10/04/2020 12:57:56 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban Gun Free Zones)
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To: EEGator

Fedex has medical for part timers


6 posted on 10/04/2020 1:01:33 PM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: ebshumidors

You sure?


7 posted on 10/04/2020 1:02:21 PM PDT by EEGator
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8 posted on 10/04/2020 1:03:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: VeniVidiVici
Ivanka and her team have been setting up ‘training’ and educational hubs all over the state as Trump
recognized skilled workers were an issue. These have proved beneficial for needing workers..

The same thing happened when the fracking Industry came into Pa. the lack of trained people created issues...so they began training people via various locations and signing up for...

9 posted on 10/04/2020 1:03:45 PM PDT by caww (...This constant pretending the president is a problem is pure evil!...)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

So systemic racism and racist hiring practices having got to them yet


10 posted on 10/04/2020 1:06:36 PM PDT by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: EEGator
Frankly if you're not working one needs to get ‘whatever work is available’ and be actively seeking what they otherwise want. That's what most people do who are not eager to be on unemployment.......they forget that long term unemployment is recognized by employers when they see that on your application....often taken as a red flag.
11 posted on 10/04/2020 1:07:52 PM PDT by caww (...This constant pretending the president is a problem is pure evil!...)
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To: EEGator
Frankly if you're not working one needs to get ‘whatever work is available’ and be actively seeking what they otherwise want. That's what most people do who are not eager to be on unemployment.......they forget that long term unemployment is recognized by employers when they see that on your application....often taken as a red flag.
12 posted on 10/04/2020 1:07:52 PM PDT by caww (...This constant pretending the president is a problem is pure evil!...)
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To: EEGator
FedEx built a business model based on hiring part-time staff and offering them medical coverage through the company’s insurance plan. This worked well for them because the premiums tended to be very low. The “package slingers” tend to be younger and healthier than your average worker.

I had a meeting at FedEx a few years ago and toured their Memphis hub one of the nights I was there. I wouldn’t be surprised if 80% of the part-time staff working the overnight shift were students at the University of Memphis.

13 posted on 10/04/2020 1:08:50 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("ThereÂ’s somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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Here in SC, employees on unemployment who refused to go back to work when offered can keep it going until their hearing with the commission which is backed up months. Many were fired by mail. Friend had a few at his factory who recently had their hearings. Their unemployment was cut off and they’ll have to pay all of the money back from the time they refused. They were arrogant enough to think they would get to keep all of the money. The factory will never hire them back.

He says now most of their replacement employees are serial killer types.


14 posted on 10/04/2020 1:09:12 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: EEGator
Then people will take available jobs, even if they pay less than government handouts.

I am old enough to remember how this chapter played out in the first Reagan administration. They said he was heartless and his party suffered a major shellacking in the 1982 midterms. We all know what happened two years later.

15 posted on 10/04/2020 1:10:14 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: caww

One could also consider it a red flag to work part time making less money than on unemployment while not increasing your actual career field’s skill set. They might also see you as desperate, and willing to work for less.

They might be hard workers, but they don’t understand incentive or opportunity cost.


16 posted on 10/04/2020 1:13:57 PM PDT by EEGator
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Then you’re old enough to not understand many younger people.
Many people will take $800 a week unemployment over $800 a week for 40 hours.


17 posted on 10/04/2020 1:15:57 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Alberta's Child

Thanks for the information.


18 posted on 10/04/2020 1:16:19 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: VeniVidiVici
Tool and Die maker was the top paying trade before those jobs and tooling were shipped overseas.

Kids think robotics will replace machinist jobs, but they said the same thing with the introduction of CNC machine tools. So far technology has only improved the higher skilled positions in the trade and made the jobs more fun.

At some point robotics and machine learning may replace all of us but the workers either building and repairing complex things will be harder to replace.

19 posted on 10/04/2020 1:16:28 PM PDT by caltaxed (ake)
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To: SpeedyInTexas
Pennsylvania manufacturer thrives, if only it can find good workers

The implication there are no willing or capable workers in the United States is severely flawed.

20 posted on 10/04/2020 1:16:36 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Some of the folks around these parts have been sniffing super flu.)
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