Posted on 06/02/2007 6:11:50 AM PDT by USconvoy.com
With the loss of another 4,700 jobs in May 2007, the U.S. textile and apparel manufacturing sector now has lost 1,001,100 jobs – a 65 percent loss of employment in the industry – since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in January 1994. Despite these losses, the sector continues to employ 547,800 according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Breaking down the numbers, the U.S. textile industry lost 360,600 jobs (52 percent employment loss) and the U.S. apparel industry another 640,500 jobs (75 percent employment loss) over this period.
"The loss of one million jobs is an outrage. It drives home the point that the current U.S. trade policy has failed and must be changed now. An uncontrolled flood of imports, often heavily subsidized, is crippling the U.S. textile industry," said American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition Executive Director Auggie Tantillo.
“The loss of these one million jobs also negatively impacts America’s national security, as textiles and apparel products are vital the U.S. military. Moreover, the damage happening to the textile industry also is occurring in other manufacturing sectors critical to our military industrial base,” continued Tantillo.
Textile and apparel jobs losses in key states since 1994 are as follows: • Alabama -- 60,800 losses • California -- 38,900 losses • Georgia -- 77,355 losses • New York -- 80,550 losses • North Carolina -- 193,000 losses • South Carolina -- 90,211 losses • Virginia -- 43,685 losses Read more here American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition Or here USconvoy.com
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Don’t worry... Congress will get right on this...
Yes, but the textile company executives are so much richer and therefore so much happier. That's what really matters, you know...
Yep! They are working on legalizing the imported replacement labor force now.
There’s always a dark cloud to the silver lining, if that’s the way you choose to look at it . . . .
Good point!
Hey, it's the least they can do since our corn subsidies depressed their prices by 70%.
Workers of the World Unite!!!! Comrade!!!!
“Post hoc ergo propter hoc” again?
Come on, Kevin. You can't tell me this administration isn't walking, talking, and swimming like a duck.
Can you think of a reasonable excuse for our policies with regard to our southern border?
And if he was, in fact, correct...how could he prove it to you?
I fear that we have already started down the path of the NWO. Remember that once this(NWO), is done, there is no un-doing it. When the borders of this nation are gone you can’t re-draw those lines.
So the administration is suppose to protect jobs.....
LOL!!!!!!!! Whatever Comrade... No job in this nation is guaranteed..
You can’t prove a logical fallacy.
The administration is NOT suppose to undermine the domestic economy.
It doesn’t matter. All those workers are now making beaucoups of cash in the food industry, their own cleaning services, baby sitting, nail salons and lawn care
Who the heck needs smelly ol’ industry anyway...
(I don’t have to post the sarc/ do I?)
Realizing that 'the textile and apparel industry' is made up of sweat shops as well as mills and factories, I'd venture that a very high percentage of those lost jobs were held by people already here illegally.
I don't know, some numbers on job pickups in Mexico perhaps? Some numbers on job stability or job growth in the years preceding NAFTA implementation would be helpful.
So we have to high priced items so some union bum can keep his or her job???
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