The manufacturing industry in Ohio is expanding under the Trump administration, but growth is stunted because many potential employees are also addicted to drugs.
Steve Staub, who runs Staub Manufacturing Solutions in Ohio, attended the State of the Union address Tuesday as a special guest to President Donald Trump. While there, aside from participating in the pageantry, Staub discussed problems in the manufacturing industry and business in general with the president.
Staub mentioned to Trump the toll the opioid crisis has had on business’ ability to fill jobs. About two million Americans nationwide are addicted to the drug. The crisis has been particularly hard on Staub’s home state of Ohio, were thousands of job applicants are turned away because of substance abuse.
“In Ohio alone, they have about 20,000 available jobs in manufacturing. In Dayton, Ohio, where I’m from, we have about 4,000 jobs available today in manufacturing that we can’t fill,” Staub told TheDCNF. “We can’t get people to pass a drug test.”
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sounds like time to require testing for unemployment and welfare benefits, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteHell that’s every where!!!
ReplyDeleteThe contributions our politicians receive from pharmaceutical industries have been proven time and time again to take precedence over the welfare of the American people. Small rural towns are being flooded with opioids because the best citizen is a consumer.
ReplyDeleteThe legalization of marijuana will cause more of the same problems - smoke a joint and can't pass the piss test! Should not be eligible for unemployment if that is the reason for being unemployed...you made that choice!
ReplyDeletePlenty of jobs - plenty of people - too bad they don't line-up together!
Stupidity does not work well on the resume
ReplyDeleteThe Govt allows Marajuana to everyone ...No wonder !!!
ReplyDeleteThere are a few factories here that say the same thing anout 35-50% are on drugs and cant get hired.
ReplyDeleteThey could still run for Congress !!! LOL
ReplyDelete913 - BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteImmigrants can pass the drug test
ReplyDeleteand teach skool!
ReplyDeleteTruth will out. Now we know where all the welfare money goes
ReplyDeleteId like to see a breakdown by cds. Marijuana should not be on the list of tested chemicals if its legal in your state for medicinal or recreational purposes but the idiot legislators gave working people nothing when they said they "legalized" it in any way.
ReplyDeleteYes, but the intelligence agencies are rolling in money after the military took Afghanistan . . .
ReplyDeleteSo it's all good!