Americans want more factory jobs but don't want to work them: Poll

Americans want more factory jobs but don't want to work them: Poll

As President Donald Trump touts the imminent resurgence of American manufacturing, polls indicated that Americans have mixed feelings about its future. While many believe it would benefit the U.S., many respondents do not see factory work as advantageous for themselves personally. Fortune reported that there are currently about 500,000 manufacturing jobs available in the U.S. Some economists believe it will take a long time for such a comeback t…

Do Americans really want Trump to bring back manufacturing?

If a quarter of the work force really wanted to work in manufacturing, there wouldn’t be nearly half a million factory job openings.

Americans want more factory jobs in the U.S.—as long as they don't have to work them

'Such jobs can’t find enough interested Americans to fill them.'

Donald Trump's tariffs are supposed to strengthen the industry in America, but they ignore the work reality because many Americans prefer something else.

About two in three Americans believe that the impact of Trump's administration's tariffs will be negative for the U.S. economy.

Do Americans Really Want To Bring Back Manufacturing?

President Donald Trump pledged that he would make America "a manufacturing nation once again," during his inauguration speech. Since then, Trump has issued a number of executive orders to this end. But most Americans say that they would not be better off if they worked in a factory. That's…