According to a recent study, 70 percent of Americans polled in the “Leading2Lean Manufacturing Index” survey believe the American manufacturing industry is in decline.
While he isn’t anti-college — Rowe himself has a degree — he does believe more people should be encouraged to do blue collar work, such as learning a trade or working in the manufacturing sector.
Manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin increased for the fourth straight year, adding 6,516 jobs from July 2014 through July 2015, according to the 2016 Wisconsin Manufacturers Register published by Manufacturers’ News Inc.
