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
Nabisco Factory Workers Fight Back Against Layoffs
by The Made in America Movement TeamEmployees 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
by The Made in America Movement TeamThe 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
by The Made in America Movement TeamOn 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
by The Made in America Movement TeamWhirlpool 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
by The Made in America Movement TeamEveryone’s favorite big-spending automotive floor-mat manufacturer, WeatherTech, is back for its third straight Super Bowl—and will run the 30-second spot below in the first half of the game, after throwing down a challenge to two different directors. Read more
Skills Gap: Why It’s Creating New Manufacturing Opportunities
by MAM TeamSkills Gap – the difference in the skills required on the job and the actual skills possessed by the employees.
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TPP Trade Deal Being Sold With Bogus Economic Models
by The Made in America Movement TeamThe 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
by The Made in America Movement TeamOur 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.
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Chinese Made Cars Arrive in U.S. Showrooms
by The Made in America Movement TeamA PEEK under the hood of three new cars from Volvo, Buick and Cadillac will not reveal a Made in China label. But those cars are breaking new ground in the auto industry, becoming the first to be manufactured in the People’s Republic and exported to the United States. Read more
Ford Exits Japan, Dems Blame Trade Deal
by The Made in America Movement TeamTwo congressional Democrats on Monday blamed Ford Motor Co.’s exit from Japan on the lack of currency manipulation provisions in a sweeping Asia-Pacific trade deal. Read more