With factory jobs waning, Texas workers regroup

[Judi Lynn]

With factory jobs waning, Texas workers regroup

11:26 PM CST on Wednesday, January 12, 2005


By KATHERINE YUNG / The Dallas Morning News

Factories are humming and new orders are rising, but global economic forces continue to wallop Texas' manufacturing workforce.

JIM MAHONEY/DMN
Wayne Jones lost his job last March when the Rock-Tenn paper plant closed. He has been unable to find another job. Despite a strengthening economy, plants around the state are still shutting down or shedding workers. Since 2000, the number of manufacturing workers in Texas has been shrinking.

The state's manufacturing payroll fell by 11,500 workers in the first 11 months of 2004, according to the most recent data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Since peaking at 1.1 million in September 1998, the number of factory workers now hovers at 877,000.

And more layoffs are coming.
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Among the states, Texas trailed only California in lost jobs, with 106,262 positions disappearing.
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/011305dnbusmanufacture.7611f.html
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[Bridget Burke]

3. Since I did not register to read the whole article...

Could you please cut & paste the section dealing with Wayne's religious beliefs?

[durablend]

2. Awwwww...the POOR things...

Tsk tsk tsk...

All too worried about the almighty dollar when they should be in CHURCH like the good little Bushgod desciples they are.

[Bridget Burke]

4. Again, since I didn't register to read the whole thing....

Could you please cut & paste the sections of the article that indicate the worker voted for Bush. It was not evident from the snip...

Also--since you've hidden your profile--please let us know what state of perfection you inhabit...

[mrbill]

9. got a hard copy of the dmn.............

There is no mention of "Wayne's" religious or political beliefs in the article.

[Kolesar]

11. Nonetheless, 3 posters still want to make this a "religious issue"...eom

[Ganja Ninja]

5. Where's your Messiah now Texas?

:shrug:

[Bridget Burke]

14. Strong words from a Floridian!

Thanks again for the 2000 election.

[FormerDittoHead]

6. Hey, it's not BAD - this is what they wanted, right?

I mean, it wouldn't be up to US to tell THEM what's "good" for them!

I mean, with our fancy-pants college dee-grees we'd figure they'd be better off with JOBS, but what the hell do WE know?

...but you're safer from the terrorists!! NOT!

...and there ain't no fags living down the street!
Well, there ARE, but they're not gittin' married!

I look upon it as Rush would - it's a chance for them to rise to their level of 'excellence' and express that 'rugged individualism' that made America great! Just think that as you stand in line for your unemployment checks and food stamps, you hypocrites!

[ananda]

7. suffering for Jesus?

«who say Gawd is testing them with unemployment and foreclosures and losing houses...»

Hrumph.. so are they suffering for Jesus? .. bearing the cross? .. looking to their reward in heaven? .. willing to do volun(er.. slave) work and hope that those clouds and angels in heaven will be there to meet them in a better afterlife?

Either that or... it's just hell on earth.

Sue

[BulletproofLandshark]

10. You forgot "pull themselves up by their bootstraps"

[WildClarySage]

8. Gee, if they'd just follow *'s advice

and go get some re-training for all these new fabulous jobs then they'd all be just fine. :eyes:

[rainbow4321]

12. Study says TX plant: most mercury pollution in three **countries**

And the plants we still have here are poisoning us!! AARRGGH!


http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D87J5JK80.html

A North Texas power plant is North America's worst mercury polluter, according to an international study criticized by the utility that operates the facility.

The study conducted by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation listed TXU Power's Monticello coal-fired plant in Mount Pleasant as logged 2002 emissions at more than twice the levels of any plant in Mexico and Canada.

The commission created to address regional environmental concerns as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement said four other Texas power plants rank among the 20 worst in mercury emissions. The plants include two others operated by TXU.

Environmentalists say mercury moving from these power plants exposes Dallas-Fort Worth area residents to the toxic metal that has been linked to brain damage and developmental disorders. Dallas-based TXU Corp. said the study failed to note that the Monticello plant no longer uses mercury-rich lignite coal, switching to a cleaner fuel that has reduced its mercury emissions.

[Krupskaya]

13. Dear Texas:

If you make it your companies' business to undercut labor costs of other companies, please do not come crying to me when other countries undercut your costs.

Your friend,
Krupskaya