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What happened to manufacturing? Are we producing anything anymore?
I am often asked if we still produce anything. Manufacturing, particularly in the Lehigh Valley, is a very sensitive subject. Manufacturing was the lifeline of the Valley in the 1970s; nearly half of all workers were employed by a manufacturing company. And they used to pay more than most other jobs. That is what people remember, but that has all changed in the Valley; now, manufacturing jobs account for a little more than one out of ten local jobs, and many other jobs pay better than manufacturing.
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