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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…

Walmart’s Customers Too Broke To Shop
Walmart is facing a "perfect storm" that's hurting its sales growth, according to Moody's.
The company's core customers are struggling with flat income levels, and savings from lower fuel prices aren't translating into more retail spending,…

Does America Really Need Manufacturing?
Too many American companies base decisions about how to source manufacturing largely on narrow financial criteria, never taking into account the potential strategic value of domestic locations. Proposals for plants are treated like any other…

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…

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…

Once Booming Mill Towns Given New Hope
Not so long ago, this rural town an hour outside Atlanta was a hotbed for textile manufacturing.
In the late 1990s, there were six major mills here. Their machines spun children's clothing for Carter's, made tire cords for B.F. Goodrich and…

Why Clothing Startups Are Returning To American Factories
At the swanky Prudential Center in the heart of Boston's shopping district, the Yogasmoga boutique stands out for its sparse, minimalist aesthetic. At the entrance, there is a large white orchid on a table surrounded by neatly folded tank tops…

Hillary Clinton Sends Message to Coal Miners
Last night, during a Democratic town hall, Hillary Clinton told CNN that "We're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business."
During Sunday night’s Democratic Presidential Town Hall, Clinton was asked why poor…

Trump Profits From Same Foreign Labor Killing U.S. Jobs
Donald Trump wanted to market a line of men’s clothing that would bear his name.
He told people working with him to help find a company known for producing quality merchandise on a mass scale. In the end, Trump signed on with Phillips-Van…