Factories: Manufacturing jobs up by 76,000
Durable goods
Here is a look at new orders for
durable goods.
Seasonally adjusted
$200.3
billion
$200 billion
190
180
170
160
150
140
130
Change from
previous month
Dec 0.6%
Nov. 1.8%
Od. -1.0%
JF M A MJJ&OND
2004
SOURCE: Department of Commerce
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increased competition from low
wage nations.
Manufacturing employment did
post a small increase of 76,000 jobs
last year, but that did little to dent
the heavy losses in earlier years.
One of the factors at play is a
strong boom in productivity as U.S.
companies have found ways to get
more production out of their existing
employees, which has meant they
have been slow to rehire workers,
even though orders are rebounding.
That situation is not expected to
reverse quickly, although many
economists are predicting contin
ued moderate increases in manu
facturing employment this year as
U.S. companies reap the benefits of
a falling dollar, which makes im
ports more expensive to U.S. con
sumers and their goods more
competitive on overseas markets.
“What the manufacturing indus
try needs to maintain the strong
momentum is for the rest of the
world to grow, invest and buy our
exports; the dollar to continue to
decline in value ... and stable ener
gy prices,” said Daniel J. Meck
stroth, chief economist for the
Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI,
another industry trade group.
The 0.6 percent rise in orders for
December was led by a 6.4 percent
jump in demand for computers and
other electronic products, a category
that covers communications equip
ment, which was up 17.8 percent
after a big drop the previous month.
The overall gain came despite a 3
percent decline in transportation, re
flecting big decreases in demand for
both civilian and military aircraft.
Excluding the volatile transportation
sector, new orders were up 2.1 per
cent in December following two
straight months of declines.
Orders for all durable goods
totaled $200.3 billion in Decem
ber after adjusting for normal
seasonal variations.
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lasts about five years.
Also, the truck produces no
emissions.
"It’s a lot better for the campus
because ... when the truck’s idling
through campus it doesn’t spew
emissions,” Kaplan said.
According to Tiger TYuck’s
Web site, the Tiger TYuck uses a 48
volt battery that lasts between 22
and 66 miles per charge with an
eight-hour recharge time if the
battery is completely depleted.
Jim Fleck, the recycling coordinator
for Facilities Services, said the truck
is powered by “an onboard charger.
... You just plug it into a household
outlet and it’s all self-contained with
everything it needs to recharge. ”
Fleck said many other electric
vehicles have a charger that must
be mounted.
“We recycled 1,200 tons last year,
and that’s about 660 pounds of recy
cling per day split up, but we don’t
pick up recycling on the weekends,”
Kaplan said.
By the end of winter term, the
Tiger TYuck will take over many of
the bicycle routes typically serviced
by the 35-40 student employees the
Facilities Services program hires,
Fleck said.
“We feel it’s a vehicle that would
lend itself to other uses,” Fleck said.
“We would like the campus environ
ment to have more electric vehicles.”
For now, the truck has improved
Facilities Services’ recycling tasks.
“It’s a huge benefit to students,
and it models that electric vehicles
are the future, but shows it’s
something that works today,”
Kaplan said.
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administration of the University of
Oregon?” asked Kevin McCullough
on his Weblog at crosswalk.com/
news/weblogs /kmc/ on Monday.
McCullough is a radio talk show host
and syndicated columnist based in
New York City, and he brought up the
story on his show.
McCullough posted University
President Dave Frohnmayer’s e-mail
address and phone number on the
Web site and called on readers to
“form a blog swarm/storm.”
Similar messages appeared on oth
er Weblogs. One Weblogger, a gradu
ate of the University identified as
“Gaius Livius,” gave an explanation
for the University’s actions.
“A relatively small, but vocifer
ously vocal and disproportionately
influential leftist clique among
the faculty, administrators and stu
dents dictates policy at the Berkeley
of the Northwest,” the Weblogger
said. “They loathe the United
States in general, and anyone/any
• thing connected to social/political
conservatism in particular.”
The next day, yellow ribbons ap
peared on the bannisters of Johnson
Hall and other campus locations.
Executive Assistant to the President
David Hubin said these ribbons are
legal and therefore did not have to
be removed.
“They are a political statement,
and there’s not a policy that
precludes it,” Hubin said.
The New York Times published a
short article, and radio talk show host
Lars Larson let loose on the University
on his show.
Hubin reaffirmed that the state’s
policy that prohibits the magnetic
decals has nothing to do with
the actual decal’s content, citing an
instance in which a fire marshal
was prohibited from putting
a “Check Your Fire Alarm” bumper
sticker on his truck because of the
administrative rule.
“The question of whether the de
cal is political or not really has no
bearing,” he said.
Meanwhile, phone calls and e
mails poured in from all over the
country to the University president’s
office. Assistant Media Director
Melody Leslie estimated she spent
nearly two work days handling about
500 e-mails and calls.
"It makes me a bit sad that the
public’s money has to be spent to re
spond to a deliberate misinformation
campaign,” she said.
Hubin said he responded to a call
from the wife of an officer who is on
active duty in Mosul. He said after
he explained the policy the woman
pointed out that the military has
similar policies.
“Our policy was not an indication
that we don’t support the sacrifice
their loved ones are making,”
he said.
Leslie said the e-mails and phone
calls have tapered off significantly
and that many of the callers have
actually volunteered to help correct
the misinformation.
But McCullough’s assault on the
University has not ceased. Following
his initial post on Monday, McCul
lough hypothesized that the person
who filed the complaint was actually a
donor to the University that was
“anti-war/anti-American. ”
McCullough said he wants to con
tinue the campaign until “the point
where they actually put the magnetic
ribbons on the university trucks,” he
wrote in his Weblog on Wednesday.
He is currently searching for someone
to donate 500 magnetic decals.
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