Modern Day Factories Research Paper

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Modern Day Factories Alina Ibrahim HIS/125 January 11, 2013 Matt Brickley Modern Day Factories Our country is in a recession and very recently nearly fell over a fiscal cliff. The unemployment rate in the United States in December of 2012 was 12.2 million people (7.8%) (Unemployment Situation Summary, 2013). This number has actually decreased from just four years ago. One of the growing industries providing jobs to Americans is the manufacturing sector. The government as well as the people of the United States should support the manufacturing sector. While the work is labor-intensive it provides many Americans with much needed employment. The government has put laws in place to ensure that employees today do not endure the hardships that our ancestors went through in the factories of the early 20th century. The work in these factories jobs may be hard, manual labor but the employees are afforded fair pay, benefits…show more content…
Many manufacturing jobs are unionized to ensure that every worker is treated fairly and paid what their work is worth. There are also federal and state laws in place to ensure that the work facility is safe for the employees. Organizations like OSHA inspect these manufacturing facilities often to confirm that companies are operating their facility up to standards and codes that the government has set in place. Many Americans are demanding that companies bring their factories to the United States instead of outsourcing to other countries. Companies are starting to listen and opening new manufacturing facilities within the United States. One recent company to do this was Aurora Flight Sciences who opened a $17 million dollar, 30,000 square foot facility in Columbus, Mississippi which created 250 jobs in that region (Aurora Flight Sciences Opens $17 Million Manufacturing Facility In Columbus, Mississippi,

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