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Forgotten Workers

Written by Greg Russell | Jun 21, 2010 11:02:01 AM

With all of the talk of a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf, one group of workers gets little national attention:  Rig workers.  The NYT has an article looking at the impact a drilling ban would have on these skilled employees.  A sample:  "The securities firm Raymond James & Associates predicts that the moratorium could last well into 2011, directly jeopardizing 50,000 jobs and potentially gutting blue-collar communities that rely heavily on the economic activity that comes with deepwater work."