minnesota job exports an initial analysis of the role trade plays in manufacturing loss a report export database project afl cio industrial union council washington dc oct 27 2004 contacts joel yudken bob baugh sectoral economist executive director public policy department 202 637 3958 3966 jyudken aflcio org bbaugh 1 introduction around country states have been shedding good family supporting jobs at fast pace since january 2001 is no exception between and august lost more than one nine its this dramatic decline reason for sobering difference quality state losing compared with those it adding wages industries that are now expanding within 23 percent lower 10 429 less annually contracting several factors account elsewhere there consensus about any single factor yet identifying causes measuring their effects
