Summary
Manufacturing jobs have been evaporating in Clark County like the spring snow melt in the Cascades.
At least 900 jobs have been lost in the local manufacturing sector in the 12 months through April at a pace nearly six-times the overall rate of job erosion, state figures show. One hundred jobs were cut in computer and electronic product-making just last month. At last count there were just 12,800 manufacturing jobs left here. Thats down 5,300 since April 2001, representing hundreds of millions of dollars in lost wages and benefits to this community.See the full content of this document
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Marketplace: Losing the Jobs That Count
Manufacturing is considered the core of an economy. Thats because jobs in the sector typically pay more and are more secure be...
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