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(125,661 posts) Sat May 3, 2025, 08:34 PM May 3

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Nutlick says the 'new model' is factory jobs for life [View all]

for you, your kids, and your grandkids

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick says factory gigs are the “great jobs of the future” that Gen Z could work in for the "rest" of their life—and so could their grandkids. But the workforce’s youngest cohort probably won’t be running to fill the roles.

Some white collar workers may be on the brink of layoffs thanks to AI, but the Secretary of Commerce says they will always have a place in America’s factories. As the U.S. puts up high tariffs and curbs immigration, the administration hopes to fuel an intergenerational manufacturing boom.

“It’s time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future,” Howard Lutnick told CNBC this week.

“This is the new model, where you work in these plants for the rest of your life, and your kids work here, and your grandkids work here.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-secretary-commerce-says-model-172111761.html

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Nutlick says the 'new model' is factory jobs for life [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 3 OP

He has no grip on reality. Doodley May 3 #1

Nutlick? Dave Bowman May 3 #2

Is that the same as sycophantic scrotum smorgasbord ? magicarpet May 3 #3

Lol, tell your friend that you made me laugh for real. 😂 Dave Bowman May 4 #29

I'll bet those kids got teased in school. SheltieLover May 3 #6

You can be a slave for life BOSSHOG May 3 #4

Come on, have you forgotten about their ironclad support of Unions? Abolishinist May 3 #8

And yet - we have YET to get to day one. BOSSHOG May 3 #10

a life long factory job used to be the American dream back in the 50s. except you could live off msongs May 3 #5

You still tended to have factory workers only survive 5 to 10 years haele May 3 #20

This kind of man knows nothing about working class life-- viva la May 3 #7

Well, at least now under the current administration the coal miners Abolishinist May 3 #9

Just to add... in the decades around and before my birth... WarGamer May 3 #11

Were your family UAW members, or were they represented by the UAW in their jobs? LudwigPastorius May 3 #21

I'm not sure when Caterpillar began it's relationship with the UAW... WarGamer May 4 #25

The five year olds will be the family breadwinners Hassler May 3 #12

Like this, right? jmowreader May 4 #31

It's the Twilight Zone, there is no other answer. spanone May 3 #13

That's not a freakin' "new model" it is the exact model it's been since factories were invented ms liberty May 3 #14

exactly what I thought Skittles May 3 #17

Considering they won't change Tree Lady May 3 #15

No sweatshops in the United States! Initech May 3 #16

They'll lock you into the high-rise dorms at night to keep you safe... hunter May 3 #18

And if you oppose it, off to RFK Jr's wellness reeducation camps! Initech May 3 #22

And company towns for many those factories, just like the old days. haele May 3 #19

As long as we'll all be working for the keiretsu DFW May 3 #23

"Instead of an actual paycheck, we'll give you company money, so you can buy stuff at the company store!" sakabatou May 4 #24

This is so typical of republicans NJCher May 4 #26

let me show you the new factory ( in virtual and reality ) lapfog_1 May 4 #27

While other countries will provide high tech jobs for alternate energy, biological research sinkingfeeling May 4 #28

These people are complete and utter morons stumpysbear May 4 #30

"The best slave is the one who thinks he is free." Kid Berwyn May 4 #32

Lutnick is a fool peggysue2 May 4 #33