Restoring US Jobs

Finding US workers who can perform well in US manufacturing should not be difficult, because we had this workforce performing well until 2000. If we build it, they will come.

Skill shortages should disappear as real jobs are anticipated.  When pipelines are approved, there will be no problem finding workers to build these pipelines. Some will learn how to maintain and operate these pipelines. This will reduce transportation cost for everything that can move through these pipelines. Property owners should be well compensated for easement rights and the money from transportation savings is there to pay them.

Plants with high-speed automated production should be easy to maintain in the US under the Trump plan. These would include high volume products like paper diapers, light bulbs and other fully automated processes. These plants can be operated by a few hundred skilled technicians who maintain and operate the automated equipment.  Electronics board stuffing is fully automated.

The integration of design and manufacturing developed prior to 2000 by US manufacturers is the reason that these industries can be cost-effectively based in the US.

American workers who are able-bodied should consider employment in meat packing and agriculture, now being held by refugees, illegals and seasonal workers. These workers typically move from one industry to another and back again based on harvest requirements.  The Alaskan salmon industry uses these seasonal workers.

Engineering staffs require abilities beyond those found in production jobs.  Here we tend to hire the top 10% of applicants.  We’ve used H1b visas to hire engineers from China, India and other countries by hiring them from US campuses.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader