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Ford Shifts Truck Production from Mexico to Ohio
Ford's heavy duty pickup trucks which used to be built in Mexico started rolling off an assembly line in Ohio this week.
That's good news for the 1,000 Ford workers in Ohio, who might have otherwise been out of work.
It's also good publicity…

Walmart’s Suppliers Are Finally Fighting Back
After years of meeting demands for ever cheaper prices, many Wal-Mart Stores Inc. suppliers are saying no to new margin-squeezing storage fees and a payment schedule that could delay for months how quickly some are paid.
The world’s largest…

$15 Minimum Wage Threatens 5.3 Million US Manufacturing Jobs
It’s a standard part of the current public policy discourse that raising the minimum wage won’t have much, if indeed any, effect on the number of jobs available to Americans to do. It’s easy enough to show that most of those earning the…

Project To Create Jobs. Made in America Store Expanding
"Project to Create Jobs in Construction, Manufacturing, Tourism & Retail in Buffalo Niagara"
On a sunny, late summer afternoon, Mark Andol – Founder and CEO of the Made in America Store – led a groundbreaking for his latest project,…

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…

Call Centers: Reshoring Instead of Offshoring
Call centers are coming back to America, and flyover country is proving to be the biggest beneficiary in new jobs and overall boosts to local economies.
As major U.S.-based operators of call centers and contact centers increasingly sour on relying…

How Made in USA Manufacturing Put K’NEX Back on Track
When the leader of the free world comes calling, most people jump. When the Obama administration first contacted Michael Araten, in November 2012, he hesitated.
“I almost deleted the email — it seemed sort of fake,” says Araten, president…

Reshoring Initiative and Walmart Helping Suppliers Reshore
The Reshoring Initiative recently announced a program in partnership with Walmart to help companies manufacture more consumer products in the United States.
Walmart has committed to increase its U.S. purchases by $50 billion annually by…

The Trade Deficit is Responsible for Manufacturing Job Loss
Growing trade deficit and the collapse of manufacturing output following the Great Recession are directly responsible for the loss of 5 million U.S. manufacturing jobs that occurred between 2000 and 2014. As the figure below shows, manufacturing…

Chinese Textile Manufacturers Bring Jobs Back to America
Twenty-five years ago, Ni Meijuan earned $19 a month working the spinning machines at a vast textile factory in the Chinese city of Hangzhou.
Now at the Keer Group’s cotton mill in South Carolina, which opened in March, Ms. Ni is training…