The Indiana House approved an amendment to Senate Bill 308 on Tuesday that penalizes companies like Carrier Corp., which is moving 1,400 Hoosier jobs to Mexico. Read more
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The latest monthly manufacturing numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau reflected a strong start to 2016 as new orders for durable goods increased by nearly 5 percent. Read more
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Here’s a story you’ll be hearing about a lot this year. Read more
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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
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Jay Timmons was preaching to the “manufacturing” choir in GlaxoSmithKline’s sun-drenched lobby at its Navy Yard offices. Read more
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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
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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
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President Obama signed into law Wednesday a provision banning the import of good made by child and forced labor. Read more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Everyone’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
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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
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
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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.
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A 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
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Two 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
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The Town’n Country grocery in Oriental, North Carolina, a local fixture for 44 years, closed its doors in October after a Walmart store opened for business. Now, three months later — and less than two years after Walmart arrived — the retail giant is pulling up stakes, leaving the community with no grocery store and no pharmacy. Read more
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Walmart Stores Inc. plans to shutter 269 stores, the most in at least two decades, as it abandons its experimental small-format Express outlets and looks to streamline the chain. Read more
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Schumer: Feds are currently listing flatware and other products made by companies as ‘American-Made’ when they are actually produced overseas, putting companies that manufacture in the U.S., like Sherrill Manufacturing in Central, NY, at a disadvantage. Senator pushes feds to review ‘Made in America’ listings and immediately remove companies that are falsely listed. Read more
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Imports from China by Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer and biggest importer, eliminated or displaced over 400,000 jobs in the United States between 2001 and 2013, according to an estimate by the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive research group that has long targeted Walmart’s policies.
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“Made in the USA” marketing makes smart business sense. U.S. manufacturers are discovering that home-grown production has increasing financial benefits, especially compared to China, whose competitiveness has dimmed significantly. However, the marketing value of “Made in the USA” could well be even greater. Read more
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By closing loopholes in the Buy American Act, the 21st Century Buy American Act will increase demand for U.S. manufactured goods and create at least 60,000 to 100,000 U.S. jobs. Read more
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Georgia launched an apprenticeship program as a new tactic to combat a persistent problem. Even as the state struggles with a stubborn jobless rate, there’s a growing demand for highly skilled workers that remains unmet. Read more
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The Sofidel Group, a major paper manufacturer for sanitary and household use, announced on Nov. 5. 5 that it has made three investments across the U.S. Read more
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SPRING HILL, Tenn.—The hulking General Motors factory in this town south of Nashville undermines the complaints by politicians left and right that America doesn’t make things anymore. Read more
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House votes to penalize corporations leaving Indiana for Mexico
in Economy, Factory Closings, Jobs, Manufacturing, Public PolicyThe Indiana House approved an amendment to Senate Bill 308 on Tuesday that penalizes companies like Carrier Corp., which is moving 1,400 Hoosier jobs to Mexico. Read more
January Manufacturing Orders Showed Best Growth In 10 Months
in Economy, Jobs, ManufacturingThe latest monthly manufacturing numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau reflected a strong start to 2016 as new orders for durable goods increased by nearly 5 percent. Read more
China Buying American Companies Fast, Freaking People Out
in Made in USAHere’s a story you’ll be hearing about a lot this year. Read more
A Few Facts About Leap Day
in American HistorySurrounded 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
in Economy, Education, Jobs, Manufacturing, Skills Gap, STEM, TechnologyJay 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
in Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Food Products, SourcingMore 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
in Economy, Factory Closings, Jobs, Manufacturing, Middles Class, OutsourcingCarrier – 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
in Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Slave LaborPresident 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 Economy, Factory Closings, Jobs, Manufacturing, Middles Class, Outsourcing, Slave LaborIn 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
in American Made, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, ManufacturingPresident 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
in American Made, Consumer Products, Food Products, Made in USAA 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
in Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, OutsourcingEmployees 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
in American History, MilitaryThe 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
in Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Production, Public Policy, TPPOn 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
in American Made, Consumer Products, Economy, Jobs, Production, ReshoringWhirlpool 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
in Automotive, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Small BusinessEveryone’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
in Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Military, Skills Gap, VeteransAmerican 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
in Currency Manipulation, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, News, Politics, Public Policy, TPPThe 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
in American Made, BAGS – HANDBAGS, PACKBACKS, BOOKBAGS, Domestic Sourcing, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Recycling, Small Business, SustainabilityOur 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.
Read more
Chinese Made Cars Arrive in U.S. Showrooms
in Automotive, Exports, Not Made in USAA 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
in Automotive, Currency Manipulation, EconomyTwo 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
Walmart: It Came, It Conquered, Now It’s Packing Up and Leaving
in Economy, Jobs, WalmartThe Town’n Country grocery in Oriental, North Carolina, a local fixture for 44 years, closed its doors in October after a Walmart store opened for business. Now, three months later — and less than two years after Walmart arrived — the retail giant is pulling up stakes, leaving the community with no grocery store and no pharmacy. Read more
Walmart to Shut Hundreds of Stores Across USA
in Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, WalmartWalmart Stores Inc. plans to shutter 269 stores, the most in at least two decades, as it abandons its experimental small-format Express outlets and looks to streamline the chain. Read more
Schumer to Feds: Incorrect Use of ‘Made in America’ Label Hurting Central NY Company
in American Made, Consumer Products, Government, Jobs, Made in USA, ManufacturingSchumer: Feds are currently listing flatware and other products made by companies as ‘American-Made’ when they are actually produced overseas, putting companies that manufacture in the U.S., like Sherrill Manufacturing in Central, NY, at a disadvantage. Senator pushes feds to review ‘Made in America’ listings and immediately remove companies that are falsely listed. Read more
Study Says: Walmart Imports From China Displaced 400,000 Jobs
in Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Reshoring, WalmartImports from China by Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer and biggest importer, eliminated or displaced over 400,000 jobs in the United States between 2001 and 2013, according to an estimate by the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive research group that has long targeted Walmart’s policies.
Read moreThe Power of Manufacturers Using ‘Made in USA’ in Marketing
in American Made, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production“Made in the USA” marketing makes smart business sense. U.S. manufacturers are discovering that home-grown production has increasing financial benefits, especially compared to China, whose competitiveness has dimmed significantly. However, the marketing value of “Made in the USA” could well be even greater. Read more
Closing Loopholes in Buy American Act Could Create up to 100,000 U.S. Jobs
in American Made, Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Government, Jobs, Made in USA, MANUFACTURERS, Manufacturing, SourcingBy closing loopholes in the Buy American Act, the 21st Century Buy American Act will increase demand for U.S. manufactured goods and create at least 60,000 to 100,000 U.S. jobs. Read more
Georgia Launches Apprenticeship Program to Tackle Skills Gap
in Education, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Skills GapGeorgia launched an apprenticeship program as a new tactic to combat a persistent problem. Even as the state struggles with a stubborn jobless rate, there’s a growing demand for highly skilled workers that remains unmet. Read more
Sofidel, Italian Paper Manufacturer Announces Multiple US Investments
in Consumer Products, Jobs, MANUFACTURERS, Manufacturing, ProductionThe Sofidel Group, a major paper manufacturer for sanitary and household use, announced on Nov. 5. 5 that it has made three investments across the U.S. Read more
Good Jobs Aren’t Coming Back
in Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Production, ReshoringSPRING HILL, Tenn.—The hulking General Motors factory in this town south of Nashville undermines the complaints by politicians left and right that America doesn’t make things anymore. Read more