Those 50,000 jobs Micron could create in New York? We dug into what that really means

Laborers union to build new training center with eye toward I-81 and Micron projects

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Syracuse, N.Y. – Micron Technology and public officials have told us for more than a year that Micron’s planned semiconductor plant in Clay would create 50,000 jobs: 9,000 at the plant and 40,000 more in the community.

“Fifty thousand. Good-paying. New York jobs,” U.S. Sen Charles Schumer said at an October 2022 news conference, pausing between phrases for emphasis.

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