tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263500.post110251921452646202..comments2023-10-02T07:55:24.415-04:00Comments on Words Matter: Christmas cheerJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01763876658345223153noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263500.post-1102649545599798602004-12-09T22:32:00.000-05:002004-12-09T22:32:00.000-05:00My home state (Maine) has also lost a significant ...My home state (Maine) has also lost a significant number of mfg. jobs.<br /><br />I have a concern that the recent location of T-Mobile's phone center in Waterville will become a pattern; a captive workforce willing to work these dead-end jobs paying $11 an hour. You can barely live on that in Waterville; you sure as hell can't live on that in the southern part of the state.<br /><br />Maine is becoming a rich/poor state.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763876658345223153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263500.post-1102649067139330182004-12-09T22:24:00.000-05:002004-12-09T22:24:00.000-05:00My home state (Maine) has also lost a significant ...My home state (Maine) has also lost a significant number of mfg. jobs.<br /><br />I have a concern that the recent location of T-Mobile's phone center in Waterville will become a pattern; a captive workforce willing to work these dead-end jobs paying $11 an hour. You can barely live on that in Waterville; you sure as hell can't live on that in the southern part of the state.<br /><br />Maine is becoming a rich/poor state.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763876658345223153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263500.post-1102592786285802492004-12-09T06:46:00.000-05:002004-12-09T06:46:00.000-05:00I live in a former industrial state. We've lost a...I live in a former industrial state. We've lost around 70,000 manufacturing and similar jobs since the mid-90's. These $20-$25/hr jobs are replaced with the types of jobs you wrote about that pay $9-13 dollars an hour. You can't compete with China and other countries paying $2.50!<br /><br />Your points you made are good. Losing good jobs hurts our local economy and are hard to replace.<br /><br />At least your crappy job is only for the season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com