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Igel

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6. Meh.

Reply to Brickbat (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 18, 2014, 02:16 PM

Apr 2014

I knew a kid who was trained to weld in high school.

Dropped out his senior year. Got a job paying $50k/yr as a welder. He was an apprentice. $50k/yr was "cheap." Decided to go to night school to get his high school diploma. Just in case he wanted to take underwater welding classes at the local community college and make the big bucks.

Go through an industrial area not far from where I live and you see signs out for CNC machinists and welders and job fairs. They're not going to get many foreign workers in those areas. They pay decent wages.

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Labor Shortage Threatens to Bust the Shale Boom [View all] Purveyor Apr 2014 OP

Every time the words "labor shortage" is used by corporate USA, it's bullshit. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #1

Yep. Brigid Apr 2014 #3

I remember when one could learn basic welding in high school some 40 years Purveyor Apr 2014 #4

"Labor shortage" is only a valid phrase if you put "cheap" in front of it. Brickbat Apr 2014 #2

Exactly Aerows Apr 2014 #5

Meh. Igel Apr 2014 #6