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Iowa
- 24,400 = Total job losses 41 months after start of recession, 3/2001–8/20041
- 25,000 = Job losses in manufacturing 41 months after start of recession 3/2001-8/20042
- -24,200 = Actual job growth vs. growth projected by Bush administration, 6/2003–8/20043
- 38,700 = Jobs projected
- 14,500 = Actual job growth
- -57,000 = Jobs shortfall - Job growth compared to working-age population growth, 3/2001–8/20044
- -1.7% = Job growth
- 2.2% = Working-age population growth
- 4.5% = Unemployment rate in August 2004 (3.0% = Unemployment rate in January 2001)5
- 141,330 = Jobs at risk of outsourcing in Pennsylvania6
- 8,825 = Jobs lost to NAFTA 1993-2002 (Jobs gained minus jobs destroyed)7
- $41,384 = Median inflation-adjusted household income in 2003, down $605 from 2002, $1,197 from 2001, and $2,402 from 20008
Recent outsourcing events in Iowa - Cedar Falls: Intellirisk, 107 workers, 2004
- Newton: Maytag, 170 workers, 2004
- Waterloo: Ron Weber & Associates, 100 workers, 2003
- Galesburg: Maytag, 1,600 workers, 2003-04
- Cedar Rapids: Goss Graphic Systems, 400 workers, 2001
Foreign companies on state vendor list9 Political actions - In letter to Robert Zoelleck, USTR, May 3, 2004, Governor Tom Vilsack rescinded state’s compliance with the Government Procurement Agreement - guarantees foreign companies equal access to state contracting process
Key articles - Tracy Lee Vreeland, “Stop Outsourcing Our Jobs,” KIMT - News Channel 3 (Mason City, IA), 9/29/04
- Steve Abbot, “Ask Friends, Neighbors if Outsourcing Hurts,” Waterloo Courier, 9/26/04
- Ryberg William, “Galesburg Teaches Economic Lesson,” Des Moines Register, 9/26/04
- Ryan J. Foley, “Report: Iowa Gives Little Business to Outsourcing Firms,” Associated Press, 7/22/04
- Ryan J. Foley, “Vilsack Objects to Purchasing Rules in Trade Agreements,” Associated Press, 5/17/04
- Michael Schroeder, “Governors Rescind Agreement To Comply With Trade Pacts,” Wall Street Journal, 5/14/04
- Mary Rae Bragg, “Employment Picture Concerns Economists,” Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 4/18/04
- “Outsourcing Trend of White Collar Jobs Arriving in Iowa,” Waterloo Courier, 3/19/04
- Rick Pearson, “Job Losses Hot Topic for Iowa Voters,” Chicago Tribune, 1/12/04
- Ryberg William, “Starting Over; Expanded Global Trade is Supposed to be Good for the Nation, but Tell That to 4,500 Iowa Workers Whose Jobs Were Cut,” Des Moines Register, 1/5/03
- Ryberg William, “Fight for Market Share Drives Maytag's Move of Illinois Plant to Mexico,” Des Moines Register, 12/29/02
1Economic Policy Institute (EPI), “JobWatch – State Data,” 9/17/04.
2Bureau of Labor Statistics.
3EPI, “JobWatch – State Data.”
4EPI, “JobWatch – State Data.”
5Bureau of Labor Statistics.
6This figure reflects jobs that could move offshore because of occupational attributes, not those that will actually move (which will most likely be far fewer). It is derived from 2003 BLS data analyzed by Dr. Cynthia Kroll, Senior Regional Economist, Fisher Center of Real Estate, University of California-Berkeley.
7Robert Scott, “The High Price of ‘Free’ Trade; NAFTA’s Failure has Cost the United States Across the Nation,” Economic Policy Institute, 11/17/03.
8U.S. Census Bureau, “Historical Income Tables — Median Household Income by State 1984 to 2004”
9Philip Mattera, “Your Tax Dollars at Work … Offshore: How Foreign Outsourcing Firms are Capturing State Government Contracts,” [Acrobat 38K] WashTech/Good Jobs First, July 2004
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