Are the jobs coming back?
by Steve McIntosh
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posted Feb 15 2013 2:52AM
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Wichita City Council member Pete Meitzner recently told me he had doubts that the national economy will ever truly bounce back from the Great Recession of the past few years … at least not like we’ve seen recoveries in the past.
Meitzner was focused on jobs. Here in Wichita, we may see some expansion in the aircraft industry and those high-paying manufacturing jobs that are great for our economy. Other cities are not so lucky; they don’t have manufacturing or high-tech businesses.
During the downturn of the past few years, many Americans dropped out of the labor force … stopped looking for jobs. Others re-educated, re-trained, re-tooled … some going to better-paying jobs, some not.
Meanwhile, technology and a slow economy encouraged businesses to find more ways to increase productivity. That means fewer workers doing more work.
The message to workers is, if you have a decent job, hang on to it. That position may not be there tomorrow.
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Our thought for today is from Robert Frost:
“The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”
Tags : Topics : LaborSocial : LaborPeople : Pete Meitzner, Robert Frost
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