A new training center in Fontana promises to fill that skills gap by offering free training to hundreds of locals who want to work in the area’s burgeoning logistics sector, or in one of the manufacturing warehouses that are still hopping in the region. The program was funded by a $15 million federal grant.
Manufacturing was once the lifeblood of the local economy, but San Bernardino’s manufacturing base has declined in recent decades along with the rest of Southern California’s. About 90,000 manufacturing and construction jobs were lost there during the recession, and many of those jobs haven’t come back, according to a UCLA Anderson study. Even as state employment continues to rebound, the numbers in manufacturing have not been nearly as strong.
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