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Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we already have? (www.npr.org)
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[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

If i had to guess its cause the plants don't pay enough and those very jobs used to be filled by Hispanic people that didn't mind the dirty work.