Bizav manufacturing jobs continue to move south
Eighteen years ago, Presidential candidate Ross Perot referred to “a giant sucking sound” of U.S.

Eighteen years ago, Presidential candidate Ross Perot referred to “a giant sucking sound” of U.S. jobs moving south to Mexico. According to union officials in Wichita, “the air capital of the world,” that sucking sound is as real today as it was in 1992, and Mexico appears to remain the destination of choice.

The movement of manufacturing jobs from the U.S. began in earnest in the 1980s when the automobile industry began looking for ways to reduce costs and “discovered” Mexico. More recently, Mexico has discovered the aerospace industry and worked at luring jobs south.