U.S. job growth cools, unemployment rate falls to 4.5 percentBy Akin Oyedele, Business InsiderApril 07, 2017Bill Pugliano / Getty ImagesPOSTED IN: Jobs Unemployment Economy manufacturing manufacturing jobs read
Think you own your printer cartridge? Think againBy Sally HershipsMarch 27, 2017POSTED IN: printer cartridges Printers Lexmark business Supreme Court manufacturing ListenreadDownloadDownload
What people get wrong when they talk about NAFTA By Kai Ryssdal and Daisy PalaciosMarch 24, 2017Joe Raedle/NewsmakersEconomist Marc Melitz says there are common misunderstandings about NAFTA.POSTED IN: NAFTA free trade trade policy Mexico Canada manufacturing automation Jobs ListenreadDownloadDownload
When it comes to NAFTA and autos, the parts are well traveledBy Scott TongMarch 24, 2017Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesThe identity of your vehicle would be best described as a multicultural collaboration.POSTED IN: NAFTA car manufacturing free trade vehicle industry Mexico Canada Economy world ListenreadDownloadDownload
What if NAFTA was never created?By Scott TongMarch 23, 2017PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty ImagesU.S. manufacturing jobs would still be lost to technology and China, economists say. POSTED IN: NAFTA trade policy automation Mexico Canada Economy world manufacturing Jobs ListenreadDownloadDownload
Union leader has hope for Erie, Pennsylvania, with or without TrumpBy Kai RyssdalFebruary 28, 2017Maitham Basha-Agha/MarketplaceScott Slawson believes that change will have to come from the town itself.POSTED IN: union manufacturing Jobs ListenreadDownloadDownload
Facing skills gap, employers send workers to collegeBy Amy ScottFebruary 28, 2017Amy Scott/MarketplaceCopper tubing manufacturer pays its mechanics to learn advanced skills.POSTED IN: middle skills Pennsylvania manufacturing ListenreadDownloadDownload
Top U.S. gunmaker says sales will pick back up under TrumpBy Jana KasperkevicFebruary 23, 2017DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty ImagesSturm Ruger CEO Michael Fifer says owning firearms is 'more socially acceptable.'POSTED IN: Industry gun gun sales manufacturing politics donald trump Barack Obama read
How an old shipyard became a home for hardware startupsBy Stephanie Hughes and Ben JohnsonFebruary 20, 2017Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesHow a real estate developer transformed a former ship building facility to a new space for hardware companies.POSTED IN: hardware New Lab manufacturing ListenreadDownloadDownload
