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By SUSANNA KIM (@skimm)Oct. 18, 2012 Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, wrote a letter to the Department of Defense requesting that it comply with a rule that requires military service members to wear clothes made in the U.S. “If it’s taxpayer dollars, it should help American workers and American businesses, pure and simple,” Brown […]
The percentage of Americans working in manufacturing fell under President Reagan. It also fell under Presidents Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama (respectively).
President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney shake hands before their debate Tuesday in Hempstead, N.Y. | Photo Credit: Michael Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images October 16, 2012 Transcript of the second debate between President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, Oct. 16 in Hempstead, N.Y., moderated by Candy Crowley of CNN. Editor’s Note: NPR transcripts […]
By ERIK SHERMAN October 15, 2012 (MoneyWatch) After years of jobs moving overseas by the million, some are trickling back. China’s largest PC manufacturer, Lenovo Group, recently announced that it will open its first manufacturing plant in the U.S. The company expects to create 115 jobs in North Carolina, where it also operates customer service facilities […]
Oct. 16, 2012By Kevin FrekingAssociated Press WASHINGTON – Some of the nation’s leading manufacturing companies announced a new program Monday to help veterans gain the skills necessary to fill some of the estimated 600,000 high-tech manufacturing jobs that remain open because employers can’t find qualified applicants. The manufacturers say the […]
Scott Malone October 12, 2012 BOSTON (Reuters) – How far can cost-cutting get you in a slowing economy? That’s the question the U.S. manufacturing sector will answer over the coming weeks. Through the first half of the year, big industrial companies including General Electric Co , United Technologies Corp and Caterpillar Inc […]
Dave JamiesonDave.Jamieson@huffingtonpost.comOctober 15, 2012 When a strike among Walmart store employees spread to twelves cities last week, a spokesman for the largest private-sector employer in the world made a curious clarification to news outlets, including The Huffington Post: This was not the first-ever employee walkout at a Walmart store, the company argued, citing a 2006 incident […]
Oct 11, 2012 HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KTHV) — A current documentary playing in Little Rock showcases the struggles of the U.S. manufacturing business. We recently told you about the film “Death by China” on Today’s THV This Morning. But in Hot Springs a company is bucking the trend, operating almost 90 years. You won’t find a shortage […]
A worker in Zhejiang province in February. | Photo Credit: Reuters By DIANE CARDWELL and KEITH BRADSHER October 10, 2012 The Commerce Department issued its final ruling Wednesday in a long-simmering trade dispute with China, imposing tariffs ranging from about 24 to nearly 36 percent on most solar panels imported from the country. The penalties are somewhat lower than those announced […]
Solar Manufacturing Coalition to Look to Administration to Provide Solution to Loophole in Case WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 10, 2012 — The 226-company Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) today welcomed parts of the U.S. Department of Commerce announcement regarding duties on Chinese solar cells and panels but was very disappointed […]
