Policy Matters Ohio says President Trump has a long way to go before delivering on his promise to restore blue-collar jobs in the state.
The left-leaning group鈥檚 newest Blue-Collar Jobs report finds that since December, Ohio has lost more than 2,000 manufacturing jobs. While it says the state has added more than 8,000 construction jobs, researcher Hannah Halbert says Ohio needs to add nearly 84,000 blue collar jobs to reach pre-recession levels.
鈥淲e鈥檙e not really much different than where we are back in, say in March of last year," Halbert says. "It鈥檚 really early in the (Trump) administration to expect all of that 84,000 back. But there鈥檚 not a lot happening that signals we鈥檙e going to see some sort of big renaissance.鈥�
She adds that Trump administration labor policies limiting protections for workers will likely hurt blue-collar jobs and many other workers in the state.
