Manufacturing jobs

As president-elect, Trump cut a deal to keep a manufacturing plant in Indiana. But the industry's workers have still taken a hit.

Even in sectors where demand is high, the coronavirus has slowed production.

Most people in China are just getting paid wages for February and by law, employees are supposed to receive their regular salaries even when their companies were shut because of the coronavirus. Did they?

Economists say it could take three to six months of data to understand the pain in the factory economy.

Job creation in manufacturing slowed from a boom to a trickle in 2019.

A high rate of unemployment persists in some parts of Chicago, despite a worker shortage in manufacturing.

Foxconn changed its plans for a plant in Wisconsin, then changed them again.

Starting in 2019 Ford will export small cars from China to the U.S.

U.S. employers added 98,000 nonfarm payrolls in March, far fewer than forecast, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday. Economists had expected the US economy to add 180,000 jobs, according to Bloomberg. The unemployment rate fell to a post-crisis low of 4.5%, and the number of people who were working part-time […]