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By David TomNn
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Recession will cause more
than 9,000 South Carolina
workers to lose their jobs in
the months ahead, and state
Labor Commissioner Edgar
McGowan says the workers
must take part of the blame
themselves.
McGowan said low
productivity is at the root of
the economic downturn, and
poor worker attitudes are a
major cause of the low
productivity, along with
inadequate management
and aging plants.
State unemployment was
8.3 percent in July, down a
tenth of a percent from June,
but McGowan said things
* are going to get worse.
"I THINK IT will un to Q
percent," he said. "In our
state a tenth of a percent is
1,300 people, so if you lose
10,000 jobs, that takes us to 9
percent in a hurry.
"If interest rates go
higher," he said, "unemployment
could go to 10
percent or even higher.
"There's a disillusionment
among working people with
government, with their lot in
life, which has created a
psychological feeling that
they're only working to
exist," the commissioner
said.
"We're going to make a
concerted effort to convince
the South Carolina worker I
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"YOU CANNOT
LEGISLATE productivity,"
he said. "Productivity has to
be the desire on the part of
the worker to put out the
maximum amount he can of
quality product during a
work shift.
McGowan said this year's
recession is hitting the state
harder than the one in 1975
and 1976."South
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manufacturers continued to
operate in 1975-76, at least
for a portion of the recession,
and built inventory," he
said. "That is not happening
this time. They're more
educated. Thev immediately
cut back, anticipating the
problems they'd have.
"I think we're going to
continue in this recession,"
he added. "I think it'll be
late next year before we can
see any great improvement."
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