Teaching Tech: GW Plastics Introduces Students to Modern Manufacturing
Bethel — The number of manufacturing jobs in Vermont has declined from historical highs. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the state has shed 17 percent of manufacturing jobs in the past decade. But there are still plenty of manufacturers in the state, and many of them feel that years of talk about disappearing jobs have led people to believe their industry is dead. They say the impression can be self-fulfilling — and it’s...