Axios
America’s blue-collar workforce is shrinking, as President Trump’s policies hit the same sectors he vowed to reinvigorate.Why it matters: Hiring is stalling out nearly across the board amid drastic shifts in trade and immigration policies. But perhaps nowhere is it more apparent than in the labor sectors that expected a Trump-era boost.By the numbers: The labor market’s summer hiring drought was particularly painful for industrial parts of the economy.The “manufacturing recession” — underway for years — got uglier…
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America’s blue-collar workforce is shrinking
Courtenay Brown
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America’s blue-collar workforce is shrinking, as President Trump’s policies hit the same sectors he vowed to reinvigorate.Why it matters: Hiring is stalling out nearly across the board amid drastic shifts in trade and immigration policies. But perhaps nowhere is it more apparent than in the labor sectors that expected a Trump-era boost.By the numbers: The
