Prompt: Explain the main cause of the drop in wages for factory workers. Where and why did the drop in wages take place the most. Explain how much wages have dropped over the past four years. What is the prediction for next year?
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Prompt: Explain the main cause of the drop in wages for factory workers. Where and why did the drop in wages take place the most. Explain how much wages have dropped over the past four years. What is the prediction for next year?
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Lilly Imhof
5/5/2016 09:59:12 am
Factory wages have been dropping and the main cause is that factories will use a hiring service to employ temporary workers instead of hiring people onto their payroll. The largest drop in wages occurred in parts workers, who make up 72% of all auto sector employment, according to the article. Over the past four years factory jobs have dropped by only a few dollars (4.4%), but with the rise in the cost of living it’s detrimental to have a fall in wages. There is hope that with subsidies the wages will start to go back up in the next year.
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Zenn Roberts
5/10/2016 09:11:03 am
A couple of reasons why hourly pay is less in manufacturing is because there is an increase in jobs, so companie want to even out the money they spend on workers, and also that they will hire temporary workers, which takes away shifts from the long time workers. The private sectors wages had the biggest dip because the companies want to make more money (especially GM). "From 2003 to 2013, median wages for parts workers fell to $15.83 an hour from $18.35.", this is not over 4 years, but in the last 10 years, wages have dropped about $2.5 per hour (it would be $1 every 4 years), and will be predicted to drop around another $.25 - .5 in the next few years.
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Mary Grayson
5/10/2016 09:13:22 am
The main cause of the decreased wages in factories is the temporary hiring practices. This means that factories are more willing to hire temporary workers as opposed to actually making these workers part of the business's payroll system. The biggest drop in wages took place from 2003-2013, where wages fell from $18.35 to $15.83 for parts workers (72% of the auto sector employment). According to the article. In the past four years, wages have only fallen by less than 4.4%.
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Dillon Hufnagel
5/11/2016 08:39:34 am
Factory wages are dropping due to the fact that factories prefer to hire temporary workers rather than permanent workers. Parts workers experienced the largest drop in wages due to this. "Parts workers make about one-third less than assembly-line workers who put together cars and trucks, but parts jobs account for 72 percent of all auto sector employment." Factory wages have dropped by 4.4% in the past four years. It is predicted that this will reverse, and we will see a rise in wages in the next year.
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Dylan Hunt
5/11/2016 08:43:34 am
In the discussion on dropping wages for factory workers, the main cause has been identified as factories hiring temporary workers instead of the standard payroll workers. The wages that were affected the most was those of the parts workers, of which 72% of the auto employment is comprised, so stated by the article. In the past four years 4.4% of factory wages have dropped, but it's imperative to have complete wages while the cost of living is increasing. Though within the next year it is hoped that subsidies will have wages regain their former value
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Callie
5/11/2016 10:02:30 am
The main cause of the drop in wages for factory workers is the increased use of temporary workers. “Some manufacturers have turned to staffing agencies for hiring rather than employing workers directly on their own payroll.” From 2003 to 2013, real wages for manufacturing fell 4.4 percent because of being “pressured by temporary hiring practices and a sharp decrease in salaries.” Production jobs paid an average of $19.29 an hour, compared with $20.13 for private sector positions in 2013. Catherine Ruckelshaus argued that “if federal, state and local governments continued to promote manufacturing jobs with tax breaks and credits, employers should be encouraged to pay higher starting salaries and provide good benefits.” It is predicted that factory jobs will keep rebounding and creating more positions.
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Nickole
5/12/2016 08:37:13 am
The main cause for the drop in wages for factory workers are because they are getting machines to do the jobs for them so they can cut down on paying people and give them simple jobs that pay less. The wages down the most in car parts sector and this started from 2003 to 2013 wages have dropped 4.4%. The prediction for next year is hope that either people get more money or the jobs that they lost will come back to the people that lost that job. Despite that widening gap, “Washington still paints the manufacturing sector as a gateway to the middle class, even if the gate is closing.”
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Makyla Goring
5/12/2016 09:03:53 am
Factory wages have been dropping due to the fact that employers are paying more people in private sectors and temporary jobs rather than payroll jobs. "Pressured by temporary hiring practices and a sharp decrease in salaries in the auto parts sector, real wages for manufacturing workers fell by 4.4 percent from 2003 to 2013.." Wages have dropped some over the years only 4.4% but with the addition of rising prices for everyday needs this percentage can brutally hurt those who aren't making ends meat. Next year wages will hopefully be on the rise and balance some of these issues out.
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Emalee Blakeslee
5/12/2016 09:54:19 am
Factories workers are dealing with a drop in wages because factories are more often hiring temporary work over hiring people onto payroll. A lot of the wage drops are experienced in the parts workers, and more specifically the assembly line workers. This is because factories are hiring temporary workers who are paid $7.50 an hour, according to the article, and do not have any benefits. Wages have dropped only 4.4% percent, a few dollars, over the past four years but even this slight drop is hard on workers because of rising living costs. Predictions for the next year are a hopeful rise in wages.
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5/12/2016 07:28:35 pm
The main cause of dropping wages is the result of temporary workers, and a lot of factories aren't hiring people onto their payroll. Parts workers have been the lowest from which is big because "it makes up 72% of the auto sector". Factory jobs have only dropped by a few dollars, but it is making a big difference , because the cost of living is also increasing.
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