Massachusetts is expected to see 100,000 manufacturing jobs over the next decade, about 10,000 per year said Economist Barry Bluestone at a MetroWest Chamber of Commerce event Thursday.
Massachusetts is expected to see 100,000 manufacturing jobs over the next decade or about 10,000 manufacturing jobs per year said Northeastern University Professor and economist Barry Bluestone at the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce Exec-Connect luncheon Thursday. Speaking before 70 MetroWest business and government leaders at the Sheraton Hotel, Bluestone said manufacturing is the sixth largest employer in the Commonwealth, and nationally is leading the recovery out of this recession. Bluestone oversaw a study on the state of the manufacturing in Massachusetts whch was conducted by the University's Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy. The study showed the Massachusetts has always been at the forefront of manufacturing even when …
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Barry Bluestone will discuss key findings from a landmark study, which show that
manufacturing remains the sixth largest industry employer in Massachusetts at a Exec-Connect Luncheon.
Professor Barry Bluestone will be the keynote speaker at the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce Exec-Connect Luncheon Thursday Oct. 18 at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center. Bluestone is the founding Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, and the founding Dean of the School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs at Northeastern University. He currently serves as a member of the advisory council to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development as well as the Massachusetts Executive Office of Administration and Finance. He served on the Governor’s Economic Development Strategy Council and is now an executive board member of the Governor’s Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative. Bluestone will report …
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Dave Lenane
7:41 am on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
I am a very proud member of the manufacturing workforce. However I always worry that someday soon I will lose my job to an undertrained person overseas, that doesn't care about quality as much as we do at our small company. more ›