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Article: Rethinking the pie: How should West Virginia pay for itself?; To stop job erosion, W.Va. must change the business climate now
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- October 15, 2006
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IT was reported in the Oct. 4 Gazette that between January 2001
and January 2006 nearly 12,000 people lost their manufacturing jobs
in West Virginia. The Gazette cited information from the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics. This is a disturbing statistic, to say the
least, but not a surprising one to those of us who follow the state's
economy and business climate on a daily basis.
The sad fact is that West Virginia has experienced serious erosion
for two decades in manufacturing employment. Remember, the jobs that
have been lost in manufacturing were high-paying, full-time jobs with
benefits. These are the kinds of jobs that support families and are
needed to have economically viable ...