Advanced manufacturing technologies are helping to push the United States back toward being the most competitive manufacturing nation in the world, according to a new survey of global CEOs and other senior executives. Read more
Walmart is facing a “perfect storm” that’s hurting its sales growth, according to Moody’s. Read more
Were the experts wrong about the benefits of trade for the American economy? Read more
The Made in America Store announces release of new Ricky Lee CD and Music Video. The collaboration between Nashville recording artist and store founder continues to honor our Veterans, our U.S. Military & our country, The United States of America!
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According to a recent study, 9 out of 10 Americans believe the wealth of this country should be distributed like this: Read more
The U.S. manufacturing sector doesn’t get any respect. Read more
Despite significant headwinds brought on by the dramatically strengthening U.S. dollar and upheaval in the oil and gas industry, the U.S. manufacturing sector remains the most competitive worldwide, according to a new report by economics forecasting and modeling company Oxford Economics. Read more
INDIANAPOLIS — The fuzzy video, shot by a worker on the floor of a Carrier factory here in the American heartland last month, captured the raging national debate over trade and the future of the working class in 3 minutes 32 seconds. Read more
Not so long ago, this rural town an hour outside Atlanta was a hotbed for textile manufacturing. Read more
Donald Trump has a lame excuse for outsourcing the production of his clothing brand. The North Face, meanwhile, is proving that it’s possible to keep business local. Read more
UNION, S.C.–From now on, all towels made for Marriott International’s nearly 3,000 hotels in the USA will be made in the USA. Read more
A beige apartment building at 73rd and Kedzie is ground zero of the Nabisco workers fight to keep their jobs. Read more
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
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
Jay Timmons was preaching to the “manufacturing” choir in GlaxoSmithKline’s sun-drenched lobby at its Navy Yard offices. Read more
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
President Obama signed into law Wednesday a provision banning the import of good made by child and forced labor. Read more
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
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
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
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 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
Everyone’s favorite big-spending automotive floor-mat manufacturer, WeatherTech
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Read more“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
