Record low unemployment rate for manufacturing workers. First time under 3%

Twitter via Scoopnest ^ | 2:39 PM - Dec 8, 2017 | Conor Sen

[GonzoII]

Record low unemployment rate for manufacturing workers. First time under 3% (2.6%):

[GonzoII]

MAGA!

[SharpRightTurn]

Obummer’s out there taking credit for the economic revival. It’s hilarious since everyone knows he’d run a lemonade stand into bankruptcy on its first day.

[bray]

Another story that will be ignored by the Establishmedia.

[matt04]

Were these the kind that were gone and not coming back according to Obama? The ones we had to re-train them for “green” jobs?

[central_va]

I guess there will now be a shortage of brain surgeons.

[ScottinVA]

And oh, how the previous administrated insisted we should get used to the fact to the “new reality” of permanently lost manufacturing jobs.

[kempster]

Isn’t Obama the clown that said we could never achie
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Isn’t Obama the clown who said we could never achieve better than a 2% growth rate? WRONG

[InterceptPoint]

The rapid rise in mfg unemployment levels began in 2007 under Bush. Anyone here remember what triggered that sudden change?

[VanDeKoik]

That is why even the MBSM seems to be ignoring all of the economic news.

Even they cant come up with enough nonsense to tie the boom to him.

[rktman]

🙀. Oh come on. You know it's because of plans the lyin' king put in place. 😹😹😹

[Alas Babylon!]

Uh, something having to do with trade and taxes?

[jalisco555]

This is why Democrats are so desperate to prosecute their way back into power. The need to act before it becomes obvious to everyone that Trump’s policies are working.

[rey]

There is no way unemployment is under 3%

[daler]

This morning's AP story says this is all just another indication of the enduring economic recovery that began nine years ago.

The chutzpah of the MSM literally takes my breath away.

[redgolum]

A lot of people would rather not work than work in manufacturing.

It isn’t just about the wages. Plant work isn’t for everyone.

[Alberta's Child]

The entire economy began to collapse in 2007.

Manufacturing employment in the U.S. peaked in 1979 and has never come close to reaching those levels since then.

[Alberta's Child]

I see it all the time with my clients. They can't hire enough people to fill their manufacturing jobs. Two factors are driving this:

1. Locally, the cost of living is very high and nobody who works in a manufacturing job can afford to live here.

2. Nationally, the manufacturing sector has lost a lot of potential workers to other industries over the years. The energy sector was a huge factor since fracking and shale extraction began to accelerate in the late 2000s.

[ExTxMarine]

Nationally, the manufacturing sector has lost a lot of potential workers to other industries over the years. The energy sector was a huge factor since fracking and shale extraction began to accelerate in the late 2000s.

TRUTH! And what's worse is when the oil industry starts sliding, these people who were making $25 an hour as an electricians helper in the oil fields expect to make that same amount wiring houses - NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!

In the past, many of them would sit on their butts until the industry kicks back up or their unemployment runs out! They wait because they make more on unemployment than on minimum wage, and more than working at the UPS shipping warehouse or in some foundry somewhere, as an inexperienced helper!!

However, when the economy is growing like this, these employees can find relatively similar income with overtime, incentives, etc... so they go right back to work. Some of them can even find long-term stable futures outside the volatile markets of the oil industry, so they settle down to a more "normal" life!

[Deplorable American1776]

As I said before, I wouldn’t have him run a lemonade stand in Needles, California during a heat wave. On our model train layout, we do have a closed lemonade stand called ‘Obama’s’ and next to it is a ‘Trump American Diner’.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Hispanic unemployment down. Rats are scared of losing blacks.Scared to death.