Utica Shale Transient Workers in Ohio Crosshairs

Calling OH Gov. John "foreigner hunter" Kasich: Ohio is being invaded by foreigners! Time for a dragnet to kick them out!! We refer, tongue-in-cheek, to Kasich's disdain for non-Ohioans moving to Ohio to work in the Utica Shale drilling industry--doing nasty, hard jobs that often require someone who's skilled at doing them--like pipefitting and welding, and man-handling equipment at rig sites (called a roustabout). Ohioans can certainly be trained, but often it takes people who have done it to show them how. The Columbus Dispatch has taken a decidedly anti-drilling stance recently with a flurry of articles that attack the Utica Shale industry. Their latest article takes aim at "transient" workers--people Kasich calls foreigners. It's jingoistic and repugnant--but then prejudice and ignorance always are. Here's the Dispatch waxing eloquent on "transients"...

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