Reality check: U.S. manufacturing jobs at 1940s levels
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:20 am
CNN Money - 4/7/2017 - Heather Long - There's no denying that hiring in manufacturing has picked up since the election. Trump is already taking a victory lap for bringing back the muscle jobs. The U.S. added 26,000 factory jobs in February and 11,000 in March. It's a contrast to the Obama years when most of the job gains came in the service sector -- tech, retail, business, health, etc. -- not in manufacturing. U.S. manufacturers are giddy "like never before," Trump proclaimed at a recent White House event with CEOs. He's been preaching the mantra: "Buy American, and Hire American." Read more @ http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/07/news/ec ... ?iid=SF_LN