A need for skilled workers cited
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The chairman of the Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Manufacturers, Calvin Campbell Jr., has said that highly skilled workers are needed in the manufacturing sector. Manufacturing jobs comprise about five percent of the total workforce in the U.S. and about two percent in the Philadelphia area. The trade association is working with vocational programs and community colleges to create more trained manufacturing workers.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 1999
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Northeast Phila. to get 15-screen movie house. (General Cinema Theatres building 15 -screen theater in Northeast Philadelphia)
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General Cinema Theaters starts construction work next month on a 80,000-square-foot 15-screen movie theater complex in Northeast Philadelphia. General Cinema has not announced the cost of the project, but it is working with Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust. When completed the movie theater complex would employ 125 workers.
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General Cinema Theaters starts construction work next month on a 80,000-square-foot 15-screen movie theater complex in Northeast Philadelphia.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 1999
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