I'll be 62 this month. Only had 2 off farm jobs and still working the second one now. Was very lucky I didn't get laid off on 08. We lost 1/4 of our work force and haven't hire back yet. When we do need help it's no problem to get several hundred applications for 2 or 3 jobs. Back in 2002 to 2007 we lost 2,200 jobs in a 40 mile radius. None of those jobs or plants are open today. 2 of them have been torn down, one has been bought to start a winery and will be several years before it will start and only need 12 people to operate. The rest are empty. Equipment sold for scrap.
Lots of folks that lost those jobs are on SS now and the younger ones many moved to other towns and cities to get a job. Hard for a man that makes $10 per hr. to make a living and raise his family proper now and that's what most new jobs pay in this area if you can get one that's open. I know folks that worked hard and lost their homes and everything they owned because they couldn't find work or a job they could support their family with. BTW Virginia is a right to work state and only one of those textile mills were union. And they didn't make but about a dollar an hour more than the rest that were non union.
We do see some light now. China has had to raise wages and add high shipping to the cost and we can now make some of those products cheaper than they can. Hope this trend continues. NC. has had several plant to open up the last 2 years. It's slow go but it's a start.
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