From the Record:
NJ manufacturing employment gains suggests end of job losses
A surge in New Jersey’s manufacturing employment over the last year has raised the possibility that the more than 40-year decline of the sector has bottomed out.
The state has added 4,600 manufacturing jobs since July 2014, the largest 12-month increase in the sector since at least 1991, according to the earliest records that are readily available on the website of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
The manufacturing sector has had only a few 12-month employment increases in that period, and those — including upticks in late 2013 and early 2014 — were far smaller than the current one. The largest previous increase in that stretch was in 1997, when the state added 2,900 manufacturing jobs over 12 months.
The recent uptick was about evenly divided between the two categories that make up manufacturing employment figures, with an increase of 2,100 over 12 months in the category of durable goods, those that last a long time, such as household appliances, machinery and equipment. Non-durable goods, which don’t last long, such as food and clothing, accounted for an increase of 2,500 jobs.
While the increase is modest — adding 4,600 jobs is a rise of about 2 percent in manufacturing employment — it provides a relatively strong reversal of the extended tide of factory job losses. And economists, though cautious in light of four decades of manufacturing jobs losses, said the figures suggest that the sector has hit the bottom.
“I would take that as a positive,” said Patrick O’Keefe, director of economic research at CohnReznick, a global accounting firm with an office in Roseland. “It’s bottoming out,” he said, adding that the sector’s apparent surge has come despite the fact that the strengthening dollar and the weakness of some foreign economics have made U.S. goods less attractive to foreign buyers.
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Manufacturing employment peaked in New Jersey in 1969, and the predominant trend — until recently — has since been downward. The state has lost on average about 11,600 manufacturing jobs every 12 months since 1991.Sector employment has fallen by more than half, from 548,000 to the current 247,300, since 1990, and now accounts for just about 6 percent of all jobs in the state, figures on the department website show.
James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, said the state shed manufacturing jobs rapidly during the recession and at a slower pace as the post-recession recovery took hold, rarely adding jobs.
The current figures, with a significant increase, suggest that that dynamic may have changed, however, Hughes said.
“This would suggest that maybe we have reached a floor in the long-term steady decline,” he said. “It could be that the long-term hemorrhage in manufacturing jobs may finally be bottoming out.”
Hughes said the proportion of jobs in the state manufacturing industry peaked in the 1940s, when half of all New Jersey’s jobs were in manufacturing, and the state was a strong producer of cars, textiles, chemicals, embroidered cloth, telecommunications equipment and other products. He added that the sector accounted for about one-third of all jobs when the number of jobs peaked in 1969, with service jobs having grown dramatically to become the predominant sector.
Good Morning New Jersey
The only way to still make things in the US is to put up tariffs. Anyone that thinks that we can produce something at a lower cost than countries where people earn 20% or less than what minimum wage earns in the US is dreaming.
Equipment Maker closing in Ramsey
http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/equipment-maker-closing-ramsey-site-1.1403445
The implication is clear: Copening does not own himself, from the standpoint of the law, and is not free to keep sexually-provocative pictures, even if they depict his own body.
http://mimesislaw.com/fault-lines/since-when-is-sexting-with-yourself-is-a-crime/2867
Wanted to repost, hopefully the comments are still there
Joyce says:
September 5, 2015 at 11:25 pm
My friend told me to check this out and it’s truly hilarious in my opinion. Cops complaining about someone suspended with pay:
http://www.policeone.com/patrol-issues/articles/9485292-Arbys-workers-disciplined-after-refusing-to-serve-Fla-officer
They truly live in a bubble to not see the irony.
Manufacturer her in town finished building their headquarters in 2011. The plan on expanding already and adding 400 jobs.
[2] Ben
Some of us have been saying that for years.
The US have been running a Trade Deficit for the longest time and yet the Dollar is strong against this currencies. If the Dollar trades at a balance against this Currencies according to trade balance, export from the US will be more attractive to foreign buyers and domestic goods will be more cheaper to buy than foreign imported goods.
The US have been running a Trade Deficit for the longest time and yet the Dollar is strong against this currencies. If the Dollar trades at a balance against this Currencies according to trade balance, export from the US will be more attractive to foreign buyers and domestic goods will be more cheaper to buy than foreign imported goods.
Hasn’t happened and it’s not going to. Countries are hellbent on debasing their currencies to maintain exchange rates in their favor for employment.
Free trade policies are a joke. Free trade agreements only work if the competing workers carry a similar cost of living. Then it’s actually a competition. Pitting u.s. workers vs these low cost of living workers is not a competition, it’s a massacre, and the only person benifitting from this arrangement are the owners. The owners get to take advantage of these workers that are basically slaves, they basically carry almost no labor cost to the owners in comparison to the profit made. It’s wrong in every way, and is a prime example of how owners take advantage of other human beings. This country was built on free labor, and pretty much nothing has changed. They still want the work done for close to nothing, while the profits are huge……this is how billionaires are created. How else can you amass a couple billion in 10 to 20 years? Need a lot of workers making close to nothing in comparison to the profits.
Ben says:
September 6, 2015 at 10:19 am
The only way to still make things in the US is to put up tariffs. Anyone that thinks that we can produce something at a lower cost than countries where people earn 20% or less than what minimum wage earns in the US is dreaming.
Proud of the kid, if that ain’t a cut and paste. You may not agree, but it’s a well crafted argument. Not at all unique, but might just bring a tear to my eye.
Betty White<Vigoda
[11] grim,
More observation than argument but still well said.
I wonder how many of the dems supporting NAFTA justified it by thinking it would raise the Mexican economy to be on par with ours?
#11, actually it is a good argument coming from the kid. So what am I missing? There has go to be something wrong if you get what I mean coming from the kid.
re # 12 – Hoax
Happy Labor Day! Bernie is the man, read his write-up on Labor Day.
“Labor Day is a time for honoring the working people of this country. It is also a time to celebrate the accomplishments of the activists and organizers who fought for the 40-hour work week, occupational safety, minimum wage law, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and affordable housing. These working people, and their unions, resisted the oligarchs of their day, fought for a more responsive democracy, and built the middle class.
Today we can – and we must – follow their example. It’s time to rebuild the crumbling middle class of our country and make certain that every working person in the United States of America has a chance at a decent life.
Against overwhelming odds, the men and women of the labor movement changed society for the better. If you’ve ever enjoyed a paid vacation, a sick day, or a pension, they are the people to thank. And if you don’t have those benefits on your job today, they are the people who can help you get them.
The economic reality is that while our economy today is much stronger than when President George W. Bush left office 7 years ago, the middle class is continuing its 40-year decline. Almost all new income and wealth is going to the people on top, while millions of Americans work longer hours for lower wages. In fact, wages actually fell for 90 percent of Americans between 2009 and 2012, even as they rose for the top 10 percent. While we have seen in recent years a proliferation of millionaires and billionaires, 51 percent of African American youth are now unemployed or underemployed, and we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on earth.
As a result of an explosion of technology, productivity has risen in this country, but working people are not sharing in the wealth. For three decades after the end of World War II, productivity and wages grew together. Business profits rose, and the workers who made those profits possible did well along with their bosses. That’s not happening today. Productivity has continued to soar, but workers have been cut out of the profits.
The time is long overdue for us to create an economy which works for the middle class and working families of this country, and not just the one percent. It is time for us to have a government which represents all Americans, not just wealthy campaign contributors.”
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/labor-day-2015-stand-together-and-fight-back
16- cont.
“At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, we need a tax system which demands that the wealthy and large corporations start paying their fair share of taxes.
With real unemployment at over 10 percent and youth unemployment off the charts, we need a massive federal jobs program to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and create millions of decent paying jobs.
With many of our people working at starvation wages, we need to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next few years, and implement pay equity for women workers.
When hundreds of thousands of bright and qualified young people are unable to afford a higher education, we need to make public colleges and universities tuition free and lower student debt. And we can do that by a tax on Wall Street speculation.
At a time when 35 million Americans lack any health insurance and many more are under-insures, we need to move toward a single-payer health insurance program which guarantees health care to all as a right.
We also need to join other wealthy counties by guaranteeing that all families have paid medical and family leave and paid sick time and vacation time.
Instead of cutting Social Security or disability programs, as most Republicans want, we need to expand Social Security benefits so that every senior citizen in this country can enjoy their retirement years in dignity.
When many businesses are making it harder and harder for workers to enjoy their constitutional right to form a trade union, we need legislation which makes it possible for those workers who want to join a union to be able to do so. We need to pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
In the wealthiest country in the history of the world we CAN accomplish all these goals, but we can’t do it without a political revolution. We can’t do it unless millions of Americans stand up and fight back to reclaim our country from the hands of a billionaire class whose greed is destroying our nation.
Here’s the good news: we faced challenges like these before in our history, and we won. We won when working people across this country came together – in the workplace, in peaceful demonstrations, and at the ballot box – and said “No more.” That victory is part of what we celebrate on Labor Day.
By all means, enjoy the holiday weekend. But this Labor Day let’s also honor the men and women who have fought for the rights of working people in this country ever since it was founded – by pledging to carry on with the work they’ve started.”
If Bernie doesn’t become President, the election system is rigged. As simple as that.
Thank you, Sir. (Def not cut and paste) I def have feelings, and this made me feel good.
grim says:
September 7, 2015 at 7:51 am
Proud of the kid, if that ain’t a cut and paste. You may not agree, but it’s a well crafted argument. Not at all unique, but might just bring a tear to my eye.
Pumpster is about to see another dream shattered.
If Bernie continues to gain momentum, don’t be surprised if he’s dead by Election Day.
2.Ben,
I’ve been ringing that bell all along. Need a snowblower or tractor? Buy a USED, older, well built American made one- they work great, are bulletproof, easy to fix. Mostly but not always inexpensive. I avoid buying anything not made in the USA, can’t always do it but I try. Watch Death by China, the delivery of topic is a bit high-schoolish, but the message is on target….
http://deathbychina.com/
Also, always wanted to head to Arizona, etc to find some old American made iron that is not rusted- easy to fix if you can find solid body/frames……
“Proud of the kid, if that ain’t a cut and paste. You may not agree, but it’s a well crafted argument. ”
Goat flatulence. Original, but still goat flatulence.
First, look up comparative trade advantage. Two entities can mutually and beneficially trade freely with eachother regardless of costs. Macro Econ 101.
Second, a scenario whereby competing workers across industries and countries maintain a common standard of living is stagnation. Progress – not scary billionaires – on the other hand changes standards of living as well as comparative trade advantage among actors.
Otherwise, let’s all lock into the early-19th century agrarian economy. To eliminate standard of living differences. No mechanization of farming. Realizing that it was the mechanization of farming (and other industrialization) that freed labor for all the other beneficial pursuits we enjoy today, other than mere subsistence.
We are undergoing the most rapid change in ‘human value’ likely in history. The highest value ascribed to an individual is now intellect, not raw labor. Reliance upon unskilled labor as a profession and expecting a standard of living higher than the lowest cost ascribed that labor is fallacy. Actually, it’s worse. It borders on criminal – parents who do not recognize such and raise their children with no other opportunity; school districts that de facto condemn their ‘students’ to such a life; and governments and pumpkins that believe that by just ‘making everything equal’ will somehow slow progress yet provide a high standard of living to all.
So, goat flatulence. Bad economic theory mixed with populist class based politics. Where has that got this country, particularly the bottom rung, historically?
The bottom needs to be picked up, not the top stomped down.
left (23)-
Thank you.
The highest value ascribed to an individual is now intellect, not raw labor. Reliance upon unskilled labor as a profession and expecting a standard of living higher than the lowest cost ascribed that labor is fallacy. Actually, it’s worse. It borders on criminal – parents who do not recognize such and raise their children with no other opportunity; school districts that de facto condemn their ‘students’ to such a life; and governments and pumpkins that believe that by just ‘making everything equal’ will somehow slow progress yet provide a high standard of living to all.
One of the top ten blurbs ever uttered on this blog! This is a grand slam statement.
#23 yes thank you. YOu see I knew something was wrong. I just could not spell it out and do what you did w/ that great essay. Screw Bernie!
Found a dealer in NC?
Can’t figure out why it was wrong, just know it is. All in on Trump?
Okay, I’m for competition, but when one side is killing it, when do you say it is enough? It’s no mystery that the 1% have been killing it, my question to you is how long can they continue to take all the new growth before the lower classes rise up or our society becomes one in which you need a gated community and guards to feel safe? Why are you so against the middle class getting a few crumbs here and there for the sake of a better society? Your whole position supports a world of rich and poor, no middle class. All in the name of progress, but I ask you, is that really progress when most of the people are living miserably, searching for crumbs to eat? Is living pay check to pay check, or relying on the govt to live, really progress? Should more than half of the population be living like this? Is progress really worth putting people through this kind of life, when you really don’t have to? You want the winners to have it all because they won the capitalist competition, unfortunately, I will never see the world through your eyes, I think there is a better way.
leftwing says:
September 7, 2015 at 12:15 pm
“Proud of the kid, if that ain’t a cut and paste. You may not agree, but it’s a well crafted argument. ”
Goat flatulence. Original, but still goat flatulence.
First, look up comparative trade advantage. Two entities can mutually and beneficially trade freely with eachother regardless of costs. Macro Econ 101.
Second, a scenario whereby competing workers across industries and countries maintain a common standard of living is stagnation. Progress – not scary billionaires – on the other hand changes standards of living as well as comparative trade advantage among actors.
Otherwise, let’s all lock into the early-19th century agrarian economy. To eliminate standard of living differences. No mechanization of farming. Realizing that it was the mechanization of farming (and other industrialization) that freed labor for all the other beneficial pursuits we enjoy today, other than mere subsistence.
We are undergoing the most rapid change in ‘human value’ likely in history. The highest value ascribed to an individual is now intellect, not raw labor. Reliance upon unskilled labor as a profession and expecting a standard of living higher than the lowest cost ascribed that labor is fallacy. Actually, it’s worse. It borders on criminal – parents who do not recognize such and raise their children with no other opportunity; school districts that de facto condemn their ‘students’ to such a life; and governments and pumpkins that believe that by just ‘making everything equal’ will somehow slow progress yet provide a high standard of living to all.
So, goat flatulence. Bad economic theory mixed with populist class based politics. Where has that got this country, particularly the bottom rung, historically?
The bottom needs to be picked up, not the top stomped down.
28- The Native Americans laughed at the Europeans when they were asked to conform to their type of society. They saw no meaning in working so much for material goods when they had all that they needed. Unfortunately, that way of life was taken from them. Where can someone go today to hunt and live off the land? Oh wait, you can’t, it’s all owned, yet you see nothing wrong with all the billionaires. They don’t affect other people’s lives, right? They didn’t stack all the resources, like good land, in their corner, right? God bless the billionaires, right? They make our life easier by dishing out more debt, in the forms of loans, so they are one step closer to owning everything including YOU. They own all the resources, they own the govt, and how long before they own your ass?
Highest value is intellect, yet you are against the very notion of giving the majority of these kids a crack at a decent education. You think the answer is not “money” and I’m telling you it’s money. Any poor neighborhood and the scores go to hell. Any rich neighborhood and the scores are through the roof. Is it that kids fault he wasn’t born in the richer neighborhood? You are all about the free market, yet fail to realize the impact of the free market on children’s education. If you are calling bs on me, then please send your kids to an inner city school or lower tier college, chances are that is not even an option, yet you think money has nothing to do with it. It’s all ambition and intellect, right?
“We are undergoing the most rapid change in ‘human value’ likely in history. The highest value ascribed to an individual is now intellect, not raw labor. Reliance upon unskilled labor as a profession and expecting a standard of living higher than the lowest cost ascribed that labor is fallacy. Actually, it’s worse. It borders on criminal – parents who do not recognize such and raise their children with no other opportunity; school districts that de facto condemn their ‘students’ to such a life; and governments and pumpkins that believe that by just ‘making everything equal’ will somehow slow progress yet provide a high standard of living to all.”
You think the answer is not what I think the answer is. See I told you you were wrong. I just proved it.
The guy has no idea what I am for or against when I state it specifically. No chance of dealing with him in the abstract.
I don’t agree with your stagflation assessment, need something better. I would argue, if anything, free-trade leads to deflation/loss of jobs in the job market(the stats say so). Def do explain how tariffs lead to stagnation. Europe and the U.S. have been experiencing deflationary and stagnation signals, and it’s not due to tariffs, it’s due to free trade where low cost of living workers are pitted against workers that can’t even compete at those wages (the fact that so many factories picked up and left for low cost of living nations is the evidence…..why did they leave? Because the high cost of living worker can’t compete).
“Second, a scenario whereby competing workers across industries and countries maintain a common standard of living is stagnation. Progress – not scary billionaires – on the other hand changes standards of living as well as comparative trade advantage among actors.”
Lefty,
If the world economy is truly globalized, what impact will the replacement of high wages with lower wages have on the globalized economy(this is what you are doing when you take that American job to Vietnam)? If demand is the driving factor in the growth of an economy, how does the lowering of wages improve the long-term outlook of the economy? Efficient in one aspect for the owner, but anti-efficient in another, by giving the customer less money to buy with.
it’s due to free trade where low cost of living workers are pitted against workers that can’t even compete at those wages (the fact that so many factories picked up and left for low cost of living nations is the evidence…..why did they leave? Because the high cost of living worker can’t compete).
Which is precisely why your idea that wage inflation is going to occur is a pipe dream.
Free trade. Here you go…
China and the U.S. have signed the Hague conventions — the standard international protocols for serving legal papers and getting evidence. But, policy analyst Kevin Rosier wrote, “China interprets its obligations under these treaties in a manner that effectively protects Chinese firms from U.S. litigation.”
The Chinese government in Beijing also refused to accept a registered mail package of the lawsuit, associated papers and their translations into Chinese.
http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-drywall-suit-chinese-government-agencies-142515432–finance.html
One of the reasons I transitioned from a consultant to an employee 5 years ago was because I felt good about manufacturing small, custom, CAD-CAM medical devices right in my building where I could see them going out the door every day. Too many years of SaaS kind of jaded me, so seeing actual production occur kind of thrilled me. Today we manufacture in Sweden, Belgium, and soon in Japan.
#27 Im not insulting you. Im 100 percent sober and I find you comment immature. You should be happy someone can get sober thru God and hard work. I guess when liberals feel threatened they got to hit low. They cant look at the real issues. Sorry buddy, im sober and happy!
I have found only the lazy and people who have nothing and want nothing but handouts to be the Bernie types.
Really enjoyed this article, is there any way I can get an email when you publish a fresh post?
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Betty White: not dead.
http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/bettywhite.asp
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