Labor Day acknowledges the contributions of American workers. CBS 11 News spent a little time Monday talking to some of the states' workers, getting their views on job stability.
Linda Vaughan didn't work today. The Collin County Community College employee enjoyed a day with her daughter and a trip to Dallas on the DART rail from Plano.
Vaughan says, for now, her career comfort zone just fine. “We're continuing to grow and we don't have layoffs, if I worked for a private company I don't know if I'd feel as comfortable.”
America's workforce, from Dallas to the Dakotas and beyond, is an array of people providing services, skills and trades. According to analysts their comfort level, when it comes to job stability, the ability to consistently earn a living, and to feed a family, is becoming more uncertain.
A growing number of Americans are becoming more and more concerned about the possibility of layoffs, outsourcing, and downsizing.
Angela Johnson has worked for Kroger Food Stores for 27 years. Monday she credited and saluted organized labor, in particular her union, as the key to keeping her job for so long.
“We have pension plans, health and welfare, we have wages. If it weren’t for the union I know I wouldn't be able to work there,” Johnson said.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, seven million Americans are out of work. In the month of August 128,000 of them found jobs… most of them in the education field.
That brings us back to Linda Vaughan. She works in higher education, an area of high demand.
Experts say in order to maintain some career consistency America's workers need more training and more schooling.
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