Kingsport, Tri-Cities jobs market reality check
When was the last time you heard someone complain that Kingsport should stop messing around with attracting retailers and restaurants and attract some high-paying manufacturing jobs?
If you haven’t heard it you haven’t been listening. But there’s a problem with that lament.
The sad fact of life is the national, regional and local manufacturing base is decreasing.
During the past decade the United States has lost 5 million manufacturing jobs. And since the current recession began in 2007 1.5 million manufacturing jobs have been slashed.
Many will never return.
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