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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“A job in industry is also now harder to attain. Modern <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/factories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factories</span></a> are high-tech, run by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technicians</span></a>. In the early 1980s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BlueCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueCollar</span></a> assemblers, machine operators and repair workers made up more than half of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturing</span></a> workforce. </p><p>Today they account for less than a third. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Whitecollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whitecollar</span></a> professionals outnumber blue-collar factory-floor workers by a wide margin. Even once obtained, a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FactoryJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactoryJob</span></a> is far less likely to be unionised than in previous decades, with membership having fallen from one in four workers in the 1980s to less than one in ten today.</p><p>In order to find the modern equivalent of such jobs, we looked for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> with the same traits. What offers decent <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/pay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pay</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/unionisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionisation</span></a>, requires no <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/degree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degree</span></a> and can soak up the male workforce? </p><p>The result: mechanics, repair technicians, security workers and the skilled trades.”</p><p>&lt;<a href="https://archive.md/L1J7W" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/L1J7W</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; (paywall) / &lt;<a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/06/10/factory-work-is-overrated-here-are-the-jobs-of-the-future" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">economist.com/finance-and-econ</span><span class="invisible">omics/2025/06/10/factory-work-is-overrated-here-are-the-jobs-of-the-future</span></a>&gt;</p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1675486/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1675486/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Oklahoma tech center leads training for booming industry <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CanadianValleyTechnologyCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianValleyTechnologyCenter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IndustryCertifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndustryCertifications</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JobGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JobGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technicians</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WindEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindEnergy</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Gen <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ArnoudStallmann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArnoudStallmann</span></a>, a Dutch air force commander, said the training regimen for <a href="https://noc.social/tags/pilots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pilots</span></a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ground" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ground</span></a> staff to operate the aircraft was not simple. “It’s not just the pilots who need training; <a href="https://noc.social/tags/technicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technicians</span></a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/maintainers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maintainers</span></a> also require thorough instruction..to ensure they can effectively maintain the aircraft. So everything has to come together."</p><p>‘It is all lining up’: Plan for <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> to finally start using <a href="https://noc.social/tags/F16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>F16</span></a> jets this summer<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/20/it-is-all-lining-up-plan-for-ukraine-to-finally-start-using-f-16-jets-this-summer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/article/</span><span class="invisible">2024/jun/20/it-is-all-lining-up-plan-for-ukraine-to-finally-start-using-f-16-jets-this-summer</span></a></p>
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