Thread: See new USA job losses, while China rises!

N.H. Paper Mill Closing
WCAX TV3
• the closure of the Wausua Paper Mill is going to hit this community hard."Hundreds will leave. The prices of houses will fall. Hard times. The school will lay off. The town will lay off. Businesses will close," says Eugene Montgomery who lives in Groveton."
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New deal, new layoffs for GM
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The GDX Plant has been a Wabash staple for decades, but late Friday afternoon, Newschannel 15 learned that will soon change
the plant will close before the end of the year, meaning roughly 600 people are now left looking for work.
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Ball (NYSE: BLL) said it plans to close aerosol can manufacturing plants in Commerce, Calif., and Tallapoosa, Ga., which together employ about 405 people.
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Plant in Batesville to close; 300 out of jobs
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Solo Cup closing plant; 198 affected
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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Manufacturer to lay off 150
Triad Business Journal
• Comment: "Cone Denim will lay off about 150 workers by Dec. 3 as it struggles to compete against low-priced imports.
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Lexmark to move jobs to low-cost countries as profit falls. Tuesday said it will transfer roughly 1,650 jobs to low-cost countries by the end of 2008 in a move that should save about $40 million in 2008 and $60 million later.
Yahoo!
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Brunswick closing Mississippi boat plant, laying off 170
AOL.com
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And then:
Global Shift of Manufacturing Affects Productivity
Epoch Times
• Comment: "Workers' productivity in the United States has been on a downslide since 2000, as the U.S. transforms itself into primarily a service economy.U.S. productivity came in at 11th place, with a score of a mere 2.4 percent, among sixteen of its major trading partners. South Korea and Taiwan outscored everyone, putting them in first and second place with a score of 10.8 percent and 6.9 percent, respectively."

And this:
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Abuse of skilled-worker visas
Press of Atlantic City
• Comment: "Guest-worker programs are liable to abuse. They allow businesses - whether growers of potato chips or designers of computer chips - to import captive, cheap labor. Temporary programs have a way of becoming permanent. They relieve employers of innovating and hiring able American workers first - even if that means paying higher wages."

And this:
Ford wants a lot -- more restrictions on its jobs bank program, a broader definition of "non-core" jobs that would allow more positions to be filled by lower-wage workers. CAN YOU SAY, CHEAP LABOR?

And for China:

Chinese Economy Surges 11.5 Percent
Reading Eagle
• Comment: "China's supercharged economy grew by a stunning 11.5 percent in the third quarter, slowing slightly amid authorities' efforts to avert overheating but staying on track to overtake Germany as the world's third-largest within weeks, according to data reported Thursday."
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So many good paying USA jobs going away, yet Bush wants more and more guest workers, Visa workers and illegal's turned into legal....

When will someone work for US citizens?

I couldn't believe it this morning when I read that Intel was building a new plant in Arizona. I was surprised it was not being built overseas.

Cakers: in my area, they downsized their R & D facility by something like 13,000 workers in the last year or so. I think they were the largest (or close to the largest) employer in Washington Co. (suburban, west of Portland)
...They seem to shift with the winds...

Update/PS. All my computers have AMD processor 'under the hood'.

I couldn't believe it this morning when I read that Intel was building a new plant in Arizona. I was surprised it was not being built overseas.

Dont expect American workers... they are hoping for a H1-B and a H2-B increase