Laid-off aluminum workers look to retrainingBy Mitchell HartmanFebruary 16, 2017Center for Land Use InterpretationSome are learning to become auto mechanics at Wenatchee Valley College as part of the government-supported program. POSTED IN: aluminum the big promise layoffs manufacturing jobs ListenreadDownloadDownload
Manufacturing is alive and well in Reading, PennsylvaniaBy Amy ScottFebruary 07, 2017Amy Scott/MarketplaceEmployers and educators join forces to build a new pipeline of skilled workers. POSTED IN: reading middle skills manufacturing community college ListenreadDownloadDownload
The future of jobs in Dalton, GeorgiaBy Kai Ryssdal and Lizzie O'LearyFebruary 01, 2017Eliza Mills/MarketplaceMarketplace's Lizzie O'Leary takes a tour of the carpet manufacturing capital of the world.POSTED IN: dalton manufacturing ListenreadDownloadDownload
Sterling Technologies: A small business optimistic under President TrumpBy Kai Ryssdal and Caitlin EschJanuary 20, 2017Maitham Basha-Agha/MarketplaceWe're following the county of Erie, Pennsylvania, and the people relying on President Trump's promises. Today, a factory banking on those promises.POSTED IN: Trump manufacturing Affordable Care Act Unemployment health care Jobs ListenreadDownloadDownload
GE focuses on the networked industrial frontierBy Mitchell HartmanJanuary 20, 2017POSTED IN: General Electric manufacturing Trump ListenreadDownloadDownload
Erie's population bolstered by immigrantsBy Kai Ryssdal and Marketplace staffJanuary 19, 2017Maitham Basha-Agha/MarketplaceBut there are fears about what Donald Trump's policies could mean for new arrivals.POSTED IN: manufacturing Jobs immigrant refugee population Small Business ListenreadDownloadDownload
How does a manufacturing town remake itself for a new economy?By Kai Ryssdal and Marketplace staffJanuary 19, 2017Maitham Basha-Agha/MarketplaceOne union leader said he's not moved by Trump's promises to bring jobs like his back to Erie — workers are retraining instead.POSTED IN: manufacturing Industry erie donald trump politics ListenreadDownloadDownload
If manufacturing jobs can't come back, what happens next?By Marketplace staffJanuary 19, 2017Maitham Basha-Agha/MarketplaceWe talk to Penn State economist Kenneth Louie about the future of a manufacturing county that flipped for Trump. POSTED IN: Industry companies manufacturing politics erie donald trump ListenreadDownloadDownload
Union City: a town waiting on Trump's promisesBy Kai Ryssdal and Caitlin EschJanuary 18, 2017Maitham Basha-Agha/MarketplaceVoters in this small Pennsylvania community have hope, but need jobs.POSTED IN: erie Unemployment Trump manufacturing Jobs election ListenreadDownloadDownload