Yeah I'm about to quit my freelance teaching job and go work in a factory around here.
They need people who speak dual languages to understand the machinery, plus it's fucking cake. "Oh look, here comes another piece. I have to push this button and wait anywhere between 10 minutes and 2 hours for the next piece to come. In the meantime, I'll go have an espresso and a smoke or ten."
The contracts here are criminally geared towards the worker, so much so that you would have to almost literally piss in your boss's face to get fired. 30 days a year paid vacation, just like everywhere around here, plus it will be more steady than teaching.
I'm also waiting for the new Montgomery GI Bill to come through and see what changes. Supposedly, around August veterans will not only have their college paid for, but they'll also be paid per diem every month if they go to school full time, which would be about 1000 dollars per month. The only problem is that they're still working out the kinks with people overseas like me who would have to do online courses.