"Half of all U.S. manufacturing workers now earn wages so low they are eligible for public assistance — including food stamps and free school lunches for their kids. More than 600,000 manufacturing workers are paid just $9.60 per hour or less. Roughly 1.5 million manufacturing workers — one out of four — make $11.91 per hour or less."
... And the jobs are getting worse. In five of the 10 so-called Auto Alley states (Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee) new hires at auto-parts plants are paid roughly one-quarter less than the median for parts workers in the state.
Workers’ dwindling paychecks may not even come from the auto manufacturer whose cars they’re making but from a “temporary” agency that offers few if any benefits and little job stability. In some plants, as many as half the workers are hired by agencies on a temporary basis. Though they may work for years in the same plant, they have no real shot at a permanent position.
Overall, about 14 percent of auto-parts workers are employed by staffing agencies. Data suggest this domestic outsourcing may rise further.
Forcing temp agencies to provide benefits would help. Real benefits, Insurance, pensions, vacations and holidays.
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