I don't think we do really, we might have most of the natural resources (not all) but I don't think we have the production facilities to handle it.
I took clothing for an example, and did a search on indeed. com looking for open industrial sewers jobs... there's jobs there, but I only found one
that was related to clothing. The others were all in niche markets which goes along with what my boss told me about the business I worked in for 7
years. it's the only segment of a business that did produce clothing decades ago, but well, the only reason that it has survived this long is because
it found a niche market and has a trademarked process to do something no other company had found a way to do... they don't make clothing by the way.
also, this company, for the most part, all their sewers do is sew straight lines all day. many of them are beyond retirement age, and the company has
a hard time finding replacements for their sewers. many of these sewers probably know how to do more complicated tasks like make clothing, but they
aren't being untilized in that way...
but well, here are some examples that I found in the first four pages of my search... this is what we utilize our sewers for.
a company that makes workgloves,
a non-profit adult habitation agency
a company that sew wheelchair covers, seat covers, matress covers, scrubs, ect.
awnings
a packaging company, it's new and I have no idea what they'd need industrial sewers but they are looking for one who is capable of training others,
and are willing to pay $45,000/yr.
sewing headbands, but hey, once trained you could very well be able to do this job at home at least part of the time, paid by piecework...
seats for buses and trucks...
a company that it looks like it makes canvas covers for trucks, can't find much information about it but I don't believe they make clothing from
canvas.
mattresses
roof covers, fire protection strips, sealing covers, skirts and roof shrouds
hey there's actually one that is sewing designer dresses, it's part time, and a small company, but there is one!!
athletic products, like tumbling mats, gym dividers, along with a few educational development products, like nap mats.
vinyl tonneau covers
we also have a weaving company in the area, but from what I've seen they seem to make silk for another company that makes parachutes.
could some of these companies switch over and produce clothing, ya, probably, but they are small niche companies I think and it would take time and
investment to bring them up to the size to be able to mass produce the clothing for the nation, and I don't think that all of their employees would be
able to handle the more complicated work. not to mention that many of these companies are probably having trouble finding experienced sewers who are
able to mass produce.
at least at first, I think we would be going back to cottage industries that if we were lucky would be able to produce what their own little community
needed. it wouldn't be all that bad, since some people would be able to fill the needs and probably end up earning more than they do now, but it
would be hard. and then you have to look at all those other things that we used to produce here, that we use everyday, that we now depend on cheap
labor from other countries to do for us.
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