The Bush economy - even good ole' Green Bay is suffering.

[Elwood P Dowd]

THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Jobs Grow, Optimism Shrinks in Wisconsin

By Warren Vieth, Times Staff Writer

GREEN BAY, Wis. — For several months, the city known as "Titletown" — for its football prowess — has been earning recognition of a different sort. Green Bay was the nation's fifth-fastest-growing job market in June. The previous month, it tied Laredo, Texas, for first place.

But Steve Anderson sees little to celebrate.

"Supposedly there's a whole mess of new jobs being created, but they're not jobs we can live with," said Anderson, a 50-year-old factory worker whose career in manufacturing will come to an end today.

"Look at this," he said, leafing through a stack of recent job postings. "They're paying $9 an hour. Five years ago, it would have paid maybe $18…. This one is paying $12…. Here's one for $8.75…. These are the great new jobs that are opening up in Green Bay."

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[Ruffhowse]

1. It's happening all over the U.S., no living wage jobs.

[radfringe]

2. we just had a plant closing in Pittston, PA

Techniglass shut down last week - approx. 700 people are now out of work

they are outsourcing manufacturing. but that's good for the economy - right?

try selling that to the 700 people now on the unemployment lines

This is going to hit our local economy hard - jobs were scarce enough before the plant closing -- guess they all can be retrained, but how many french-fry makers does a Mc-burger place really need?