China Buying American Companies Fast, Freaking People Out
Here’s a story you’ll be hearing about a lot this year. Read more
A Few Facts About Leap Day
Surrounded in history and superstition, February 29 only comes once every four years— and we have one today. Here are a few facts about leap day. Read more
State of Manufacturing: How to Build for the Future
Jay Timmons was preaching to the “manufacturing” choir in GlaxoSmithKline’s sun-drenched lobby at its Navy Yard offices. Read more
King Arthur Wants To Tell You Where Its Flour Comes From
More and more, people want their food providers to be transparent. They want to know exactly where the ingredient they’re eating and cooking with are coming from. Which is why King Arthur Flour recently launched Identity-Preserved White Whole Wheat Flour. Read more
Carrier: Anger, Resignation as Massive Pay Gap Prompts Mexico Move
Carrier – Union leaders at an air conditioner factory in Indianapolis threatened with losing 1,400 jobs to Mexico said on Tuesday the plant’s owner expects to pay Mexican workers $3 an hour compared to an average of more than $20 an hour for the U.S. workers. Read more
Obama Signs Law Banning Imported Goods Produced by Forced Labor
President Obama signed into law Wednesday a provision banning the import of good made by child and forced labor. Read more
Factories in The USA: 56K Lost During First Decade
In the week before Valentine’s Day, United Technologies expressed its love for its devoted Indiana employees, workers whose labor had kept the corporation profitable, by informing 2,100 of them at two facilities that it was shipping their factories, their jobs, their communities’ resources to Mexico. Read more
Dumping Crackdown: New Law Cracks down on Steel Dumpers
President Barack Obama signed a customs bill that contains added protections for the domestic steel industry, whose advocates hailed it as a “good news day” and even a “great day.” The new law will crack down on steel dumping. Read more
Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves
A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News investigation has documented that millions of pounds banned as unsafe in dozens of countries are being imported and sold here in record quantities. Read more
Nabisco Factory Workers Fight Back Against Layoffs
Employees at the Nabisco plant on Chicago’s Southwest Side face an uncertain future as the company hands out pink slips and starts moving parts of its operations to Mexico. Read more
Flashback: Raising the Flag at Iwo Jima
The late photographer Joe Rosenthal recalls his Pulitzer Prize-winning image of United States Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima that would later be memorialized in a monument at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. Read more
TPP: Another Nail in the Coffin of American Manufacturing
On January 25, 2016, the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) released a report on the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) trade agreement. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) promptly released their commentary on the Peterson Institute report the same day, which was based on oral and written testimony CEO Michael Stumo had given to the U. S. International Trade Commission on January 15, 2016. Read more
Whirlpool to Expand Dishwasher Assembly Plant in Ohio
Whirlpool Corp. confirmed on Thursday said it would invest $40.6 million in its Findlay, Ohio, plant, and anticipates adding 50 new jobs at the dishwasher-manufacturing facility. Read more
Why a Small Company Like WeatherTech Keeps Coming Back to the Super Bowl
Everyone’s favorite big-spending automotive floor-mat manufacturer, WeatherTech
Skills Gap: Why It’s Creating New Manufacturing Opportunities
American Manufacturing at a Crossroads
The American manufacturing sector is booming — but not without its challenges. While demand for Made in America products surges, a critical issue threatens the long-term growth of U.S. industry: the skills gap. Simply put, the skills gap represents the difference between the abilities employers need and the capabilities job seekers possess. For the American manufacturing industry, this gap is becoming a significant obstacle.
At the same time, this challenge presents a massive opportunity for Gen Z, trade schools, unions, veterans, and policymakers. By addressing the skills gap head-on, America can secure its position as a global manufacturing leader while offering meaningful, high-paying careers to a new generation. Read more
TPP Trade Deal Being Sold With Bogus Economic Models
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade deal is terrible even apart from its quantifiable economic effects, as it threatens our environment, our health, our democracy, our sovereignty, our security and many other things. But it is also a lousy deal on the pure economics, which is why it is currently being sold to the American people and Congress using bogus economic analysis. Read more
50 Years on the Road to Made in America
Our organization, Mountain Bird Designs, is a new member of The Made in America Movement. Our premier products are business bags and clutches for women. We are a start-up company located in Western North Carolina.
