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Nabisco factory workers fight back against layoffs
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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…
TPP: Another Nail in the Coffin of American Manufacturing
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TPP: Another Nail in the Coffin of American Manufacturing

On January 25, 2016, the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) released a report  on the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) trade agreement. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) promptly released their commentary on the…
Whirlpool to Expand Dishwasher Assembly Plant in Ohio
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Whirlpool to Expand Dishwasher Assembly Plant in Ohio

Whirlpool Corp. confirmed on Thursday said it would invest $40.6 million in its Findlay, Ohio, plant, and anticipates adding 50 new jobs at the dishwasher-manufacturing facility. The company said the 86,400-square-foot expansion will boost…
Super Bowl WeatherTech Fleshes Out Made In USA Message, work, jobs , job
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Why a Small Company Like WeatherTech Keeps Coming Back to the Super Bowl

Everyone's favorite big-spending automotive floor-mat manufacturer, WeatherTech, is back for its third straight Super Bowl—and will run the 30-second spot below in the first half of the game, after throwing down a challenge to two different…
Skills Gap: Why I'ts Creating New Manufacturing Opportunities
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Skills Gap: Why It’s Creating New Manufacturing Opportunities

Skills Gap - the difference in the skills required on the job and the actual skills possessed by the employees. The United States unemployment rate remains strong at 7.8%, but in the manufacturing industry, demand is outpacing supply…
Wal-Mart: It Came, It Conquered, Now It's Packing Up and Leaving, FTC Closes Probe of Walmart Over Misleading Made in USA Labels
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Walmart: It Came, It Conquered, Now It’s Packing Up and Leaving

The Town’n Country grocery in Oriental, North Carolina, a local fixture for 44 years, closed its doors in October after a Walmart store opened for business. Now, three months later -- and less than two years after Walmart arrived -- the retail…
Walmart to Shut Hundreds of Stores Across USA
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Walmart to Shut Hundreds of Stores Across USA

Walmart Stores Inc. plans to shutter 269 stores, the most in at least two decades, as it abandons its experimental small-format Express outlets and looks to streamline the chain. The move by the largest private employer in the U.S. will affect…
Walmart Imports From China Displaced 400,000 Jobs, a Study Says
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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…
Closing Loopholes in Buy American Act Could Create up to 100,000 U.S. Jobs
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Closing Loopholes in Buy American Act Could Create up to 100,000 U.S. Jobs

By closing loopholes in the Buy American Act, the 21st Century Buy American Act will increase demand for U.S. manufactured goods and create at least 60,000 to 100,000 U.S. jobs. The Buy American Act requires “substantially all” direct purchases…
Sofidel America locating manufacturing operations in Hattiesburg
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Sofidel, Italian Paper Manufacturer Announces Multiple US Investments

The Sofidel Group, a major paper manufacturer for sanitary and household use, announced on Nov. 5. 5 that it has made three investments across the U.S. The Italian multinational, with its subsidiary Sofidel America, has acquired a converting…

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