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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. The company said the 86,400-square-foot expansion will boost…

Super Bowl WeatherTech Fleshes Out Made In USA Message, work, jobs , job

Automotive, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Small Business

Why a Small Company Like WeatherTech Keeps Coming Back to the Super Bowl

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…

Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Military, Skills Gap, Veterans

Skills Gap: Why It’s Creating New Manufacturing Opportunities

Skills Gap - the difference in the skills required on the job and the actual skills possessed by the employees. The United States unemployment rate remains strong at 7.8%, but in the manufacturing industry, demand is outpacing supply…

Currency Manipulation, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, News, Politics, Public Policy, TPP

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…

Automotive, Currency Manipulation, Economy

Ford Exits Japan, Dems Blame Trade Deal

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. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), who are both…

Economy, Jobs, Walmart

Walmart: It Came, It Conquered, Now It’s Packing Up and Leaving

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…

Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Walmart

Walmart to Shut Hundreds of Stores Across USA

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. The move by the largest private employer in the U.S. will affect…

Walmart Imports From China Displaced 400,000 Jobs, a Study Says

Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Reshoring, Walmart

Study Says: Walmart Imports From China Displaced 400,000 Jobs

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…

American Made, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production

The Power of Manufacturers Using ‘Made in USA’ in Marketing

“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,…

American Made, Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Government, Jobs, Made in USA, MANUFACTURERS, Manufacturing, Sourcing

Closing Loopholes in Buy American Act Could Create up to 100,000 U.S. Jobs

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. The Buy American Act requires “substantially all” direct purchases…