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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1983

Page

5

Recovery selective as workers retrained for high tech

Betty Arends, once a key punch operator, is now liveware in a computerized system as U.S. firms retrain workers amid a shift from smokestack to high tech. A congressional study says 3 million manufacturing jobs may go by 1990, while demand rises for computer programmers and analysts, though millions face unemployment or lower jobs even after recovery.

Timothy Harper Associated Press Betty Arends Denver U.S Toronto America Bill Slabey Control Data Corp Control Data Minneapolis General Motors Slabey Big Steel Big Mac Herbert Striner American University

Retraining Drives Job Recovery Across Sectors

Panelists urge a federal central clearinghouse for job openings and employer reporting to match laid-off workers with new positions in the Sunbelt. They advocate federal funding for retraining, with private firms and unions expanding programs, while noting future growth hinges on transforming existing jobs with technology rather than creating entirely new roles. A Stanford study projects large gains for janitors waitstaff and typists by 1990.

Northeast Midwest Sunbelt Striner Audrey Freeman Conference Board New York Robert Craig American Society For Training and Development Washington Xerox United Auto Workers Ford Ford-Uaw Sar Levitan Center For Social Policy Studies

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