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Tri-Cities Marks Manufacturing Week in WA State
(Benton City) -- Great jobs at great wages. That was the message from the Association of Washington Business, which serves as Washington state's manufacturing representative. The AWB is on a statewide tour that features a 58-foot long bus highlighting the many opportunities available in manufacturing both locally and statewide. The AWB's CEO Kris Johnson tells Newsradio the bus is a rolling billboard to call attention to Washington State manufacturing, not just with big companies, but small ones too. Tuesday morning, the tour stopped to visit Columbia Label in Benton City.
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The AWB says manufacturing makes up 8% of the workforce in Washington State and workers earn an average of almost $96,000 a year. Johnson says many of these jobs are a available right here in the Tri-Cities, and all one has to do to apply is it visit a facility. You can learn more on Twitter at #MFGisWA and #isignedthebus
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