Will we keep blue collar workers?

This week Enterprise Saint John is hosting a summit of business leaders from the energy and manufacturing sectors. The goal of the summit is to assess the state of New Brunswick's skilled trades and manufacturing workforce and consider its future.

New Brunswick's skilled blue collar workforce has been growing in recent years as the result of a large number of energy, mining and transportation infrastructure projects. The construction sector across the province added more than 10,000 jobs from 2005 to 2010. In total, there are more than 100,000 New Brunswickers who work in blue collar occupations such as construction, manufacturing, transportation, etc.