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To: Amy J who wrote (17604)	2/21/2004 2:36:29 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) of 306849

edit- never mind, I see Les beat me to this one<gg> the manufacturing jobs crisis has been solved! Building Blue-Collar … Burgers? (CBS) Manufacturing jobs making things like airplane engines, cars and farm equipment are disappearing from the American economy. Or are they? According to a White House report, new manufacturing jobs might be as close as your nearest drive-thru. But reclassifying fast food workers as manufacturing employees could have other advantages for the administration. It would offset somewhat the ongoing loss of manufacturing jobs in national employment statistics. Since the month President Bush was inaugurated, the economy has lost about 2.7 million manufacturing jobs, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. That continues a long-term trend. And the move would make the growth in service sector jobs, some of which pay low wages, more appealing. According to government figures, since January 2001 the economy has generated more than 600,000 new service-providing jobs. cbsnews.com

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