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Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Outsourcing

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. Parent company Mondelez International announced earlier this summer…

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…

Trans-Pacific Partnership: The biggest trade deal you’ve never heard of

Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Production, Reshoring

Good Jobs Aren’t Coming Back

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. A year ago, GM announced it was moving production…

Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Outsourcing

Boeing Planning To Build a Factory in China?

Shanghai (AFP) - Plans for a Boeing factory in China have been submitted to the government in Beijing, state-run media reported Tuesday ahead of President Xi Jinping's US visit, where he will tour one of its plants. A Boeing factory in China…

As Nabisco Ships 600 Jobs Out of Chicago to Mexico, Maybe It’s Time To Give Up Oreos

Consumer Products, Food Products, Jobs, Manufacturing, Outsourcing

Nabisco Ships 600 Jobs to Mexico. Time To Give Up Oreos

I may have to give up one of my longest-standing indulgences: the dunking of an Oreo cookie in cold milk (whole is preferred). I don’t do this lightly, as I have been dunking those deliciously wicked rounds of chocolate and what I choose to…

Consumer Products, Food Products, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Production

Nabisco to Cut Chicago jobs, Send Some Work to Mexico

Mondelez International (Nabisco) will lay off half its 1,200 employees in its bakery on Chicago's Southwest Side after deciding to invest significantly in a Mexico plant rather than its long-standing facility here. The Nabisco company decided…

Consumer Products, Country of Origin (COOL), Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Reshoring, Sourcing, Walmart

7 Key Facts to Keep in Mind about Walmart’s U.S. Manufacturing Summit

It’s been two and a half years since Walmart announced its so-called “U.S. manufacturing initiative”, which means it’s time for another PR-heavy, Walmart manufacturing “summit,” this one in Bentonville, Arkansas on July…

Automotive, Outsourcing

Mexico Bound? Ford Moving Two Key Models out of Michigan

Ford said it will move production of the Focus and C-Max small cars from its Michigan Assembly Plant in 2018, with union officials saying they were told the work will leave the U.S.. The company's decision sets a potentially combative tone…

Economy, Jobs, Outsourcing, TPP, Trade Deficit

Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Biggest Trade Deal You’ve Never Heard Of

A huge but little-known trade agreement could transform America's foreign relations. What it is and why it matters. What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the first international commercial agreement pursued…

Currency Manipulation, Economy, Government, Jobs, Outsourcing

2.7 Million American Jobs Lost to China in 10 Years

There are roughly 5.1 million fewer American manufacturing jobs now than at the start of 2001. And China is to blame for more than one-third of American jobs lost, says a new report. The Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning economic…