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‘Middle-class’ Manufacturing Jobs Pay Fast-food Wages

‘Middle-class’ Manufacturing Jobs Pay Fast-food Wages

"The truth is that while auto jobs used to be good jobs, we now have more in common with workers at McDonald’s or Walmart. One-in-four of the 600 jobs at the Camaco plant are temporary positions that pay $10 an hour. Meanwhile, wages for all of the plant’s production workers are capped at just $12 an hour — with an 18-cent raise a year for a “living fee.” I haven’t even received that raise this year. Temp workers are often kept in limbo for up to a year before being hired on full time. And turnover at the plant is off the charts, with a manager recently admitting that 1,500 workers have cycled through the plant in the last two years. The company has been forced to hire three temp agencies to find employees, recruiting workers from as far away as Cleveland."

Upstate’s Population is Small and Declining — But That’s Not New

Upstate New York has for a long time been a small part of the otherwise urban and metropolitian state, consisting of about 1/3rd of the state’s population, a number that declined, especially since the 1980s.

Highest Elevation in Albany County

Now, the MTA Region has seen it’s population grow while Upstate’s population has declined.

Indeed, all but a few upstate counties have seen notable population declines.

Blighted Buildings

Manufacturing in our state, a high cost state with many regulations, has been on a long decline.

However, overall jobs statewide have increased in recent years.

And upstate — despite the decline of manufacturing, has relative low levels of unemployment. Hamilton County, due to it’s seasonal economy, has long had very high unemployment in the winter and lower unemployment in the summer.

Globe Steel

Upstate cities have fared poorly in recent years, taking the brunt of the state’s population losses — as people leave the state — others are choosing to move out of troubled cities to sprawling suburbs.

Manhattan and George Washington Bridge

As the economy continues to change and New York City becomes an even larger megapolis, it seems like Upstate New York will continue to stagnate and decline, only propped up by the wealth of the metropolitan region, and those second homeowners who head up north to enjoy Upstate’s many recreational resources.