US factory workers quitting in droves
Indianapolis
KIPP Glenn grew tired of standing for eight-hour shifts, assembling steel furnace doors. His knees ached from 25 years on the concrete factory floor. So even after President Donald Trump made his job at Carrier a symbol of American prosperity and vowed to save it, the Indiana native took a buyout.
"What we want to call 'blue-collar jobs' are on the way out," he said.
At a time when the Trump administration argues that creating manufacturing jobs is a critical national goal - even coordinating with states on generous subsidy packages to woo blue-collar employers - many factory workers are making a surprising decision to quit.
Government data shows workers in the sector are giving up their jobs at the fastest pace in a decade. That's a powerful sign, econom…
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