With renewed worries about the economy in the wake of the downgrade of the nation’s credit rating, nearly 10,000 people showed up for a transportation job fair at Chicago State University. Everyone from the CTA to Southwest Airlines to railroads and the military were on hand.
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush helped bring the project to Chicago, and he says in the days to come, it will require about 1,400 permanent jobs. He says with this project and many more transportation jobs out there: “A lot of them will be hired today. I’m more than confident. I’m sure.”
Rush said in these hard economic times, the transportation industry is booming, and it’s overlooked. He wanted to bring in as many transportation companies together as possible.
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