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West Virginia
- 3,600 = Total job losses 41 months after start of recession, 3/2001–8/20041
- 10,200 = Job losses in manufacturing 41 months after start of recession 3/2001-8/20042
- -5,100 = Actual job growth vs. growth projected by Bush administration, 6/2003–8/20043
- 11,300 = Jobs projected
- 6,200 = Actual job growth
- -79,000 = Jobs shortfall - Job growth compared to working-age population growth, 3/2001–8/20044
- -0.5% = Job growth
- 0.9% = Working-age population growth
- 5.5% = Unemployment rate in August 2004 (5.1% = Unemployment rate in January 2001)5
- 60,260 = Jobs at risk of outsourcing in West Virginia6
- 3,482 = Jobs lost to NAFTA 1993-2002 (Jobs gained minus jobs destroyed)7
- $32,763 = Median inflation-adjusted household income in 2003, up $2,731 from 2002, $1,927 from 2001, and $1,347 from 20008
Recent outsourcing events in West Virginia - Nitro: Flexsys, 205 workers, 2004-05
- Charleston: AT&T, 275 workers, 2004
- Williamstown: Walker Systems, 310 workers, 2004
- Weirton: Weirton Steel, 950 workers, 2003
- Vienna: Johns Manville, 100 workers, 2002
- Kanahwa County: Union Carbide, 1,200 workers, 2001-04
State contractors who subcontract work abroad Key articles - “CWA Cites Offshoring as AT&T Cuts 450 CWA Jobs,” www.cwa-union.org, 9/20/04
- Paul Wilson, “AT&T Closure to Cut 275 Jobs,” Charleston Gazette, 9/14/04
- Justin McIntosh, “Walker Factory to Close,” Marietta Times, 9/9/04
- Jeffrey Saulton, “Group Blasts Outsourcing at Forum,” Parkersburg Sentinel, 8/25/04
- “Job Loss Shipping Work Overseas,” Charleston Gazette, 7/22/04
- Brad McElhinny, “State Contractor Has Center in India,” Charleston Daily Mail, 7/15/04
- “Epixtar to Acquire $20 Million Call Center Company; Deal to Add 1 Philippine and 3 U.S. Locations,” Epixtar Press Release, 7/13/04
- Paul J. Nyden, “Hoffa Resigns From Presidential Board To Protest Labor Outsourcing,” Charleston Gazette, 6/27/04
- Paul Wilson, “Lost Manufacturing Jobs Shape Present And Future Of The Charleston-Huntington Area,” Charleston Gazette, 6/6/04
- “AT&T Scouting for BPO Acquisitions,” Economic Times, 4/19/04
- Paul J. Nyden, Nitro, “W.Va., Rubber Plant Closing Impacts Entire Town,” Charleston Gazette, 4/13/04
- Paul J. Nyden, “Globalization Takes Its Toll,” Charleston Gazette, 4/13/04
- Gavin McCormick, “Senators Want To Punish Businesses that Send Jobs Abroad,” Associated Press, 2/23/04
- Stephen Coonts, “NAFTA'S Legacy; Free Trade Came at a Price,” Charleston Gazette, 12/4/03
- Robert J. Byers, “‘Like a Tomb’ Garment Industry Hit Hard by Free Trade,” Charleston Gazette, 11/17/03
- Robert J. Byers, “The First Decade Of Free Trade; West Virginia's Main Exporting Industries Have Cut Jobs Under NAFTA,” Charleston Gazette, 11/16/03
- Gavin McCormick, “Report: W.Va. Economy To Pick Up, But Lag Rest Of Nation,” Associated Press, 11/13/03
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”
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