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May 21, 2012
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Manufacturing companies said to be 'begging' for welders
Omaha World-Herald
The seriousness of the situation was clear as soon as Jack Boysen started talking. Boysen, a Valmont Industries supervisor in Valley, Neb., was explaining how the plant's 220 welders are being pushed to their professional and physical limits. Seven days of work nearly every week and heaps of overtime force the company to rotate three shifts so that every other Sunday workers can have some time to spend with their families. And a steady stream of demand from Valmont's global customer base isn't going to ease those pressures anytime soon, he said.More

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