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Made In America: $75 Million Grant Helps Students Gain Technical Skills Employers Need
When you back up a commitment with $75 million, people tend to pay attention. I’m certainly paying attention to New Skills for Youth (NSFY), the $75 million grant initiative sponsored by JPMorgan Chase to change the way we approach career…

Towels in US Marriott Hotels to Be Made in USA
Travelers staying at any of Marriott's nearly 3,000 U.S. hotels may notice a little something different in their guest rooms in the coming year.
The hotel chain announced recently that it would be swapping out its hand towels and bath towels…

Education: 5 Ways to Inspire the Next Generation of Manufacturers
HIGHER EDUCATION The importance of manufacturing to our economic well-being is not a mystery to the manufacturing industry. But how can we get today’s youth to see the value of a manufacturing career?
There is a surprising yet nevertheless…

Reshoring Effort Returning, Keeping Jobs in USA
The stream of millions of U.S. jobs going overseas has stopped, according to a report from the Chicago-based Reshoring Initiative.
The net gain on reshoring and foreign investment in the United States was measured at 67,000 jobs nationwide…

Look Out China, US Manufacturing is Headed for No. 1
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.
While China is the world’s…

On Trade, Angry Voters Have a Point
Were the experts wrong about the benefits of trade for the American economy?
The nation’s working class had another opportunity to demonstrate its political clout Tuesday, as primary voters went to the polls in Illinois and Ohio, Rust Belt…

Think Manufacturing is Dead? Output doubled in 30 Years
The U.S. manufacturing sector doesn’t get any respect.
Ask a random sample of people on the street and you’re likely to hear that America doesn’t make anything anymore, that China, Mexico and Vietnam took all of our factories, and that…

U.S. Manufacturing Retaining Its Competitive Edge
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…

Carrier Workers See Costs, Not Benefits, of Global Trade
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.
“This…

State of Manufacturing: How to Build for the Future
Jay Timmons was preaching to the "manufacturing" choir in GlaxoSmithKline's sun-drenched lobby at its Navy Yard offices.
Timmons, who heads the National Association of Manufacturers, emphasized the value of manufacturing, expressed concerns…