Welcome to Day 3 of our Fabulous 12 Days of Christmas & Holiday Giveaway Days 1 and 2 were an amazing success! Thank you so much for entering, and sharing with your friends and family. It would not have been a success without your help. And too think we are just getting started. There are 9 […]
Welcome to Day 2 of our Fabulous 12 Days of Christmas & Holiday Giveaway So…. we had a brief hiccup on our Facebook page. Luckily we are a team that bounces back immediately! Our giveaway will now begin at 3pm EST daily, and winners will be posted at 6pm.EST Rules have changed slightly. But, there are […]
Jeremy A. KaplanDecember 06, 2012 In 2013, Apple will start making computers in America, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced Thursday — after a hiatus of almost twenty years. “We’ve been working for years on doing more and more in the U.S. Next year, we’re going to do one of […]
Richard P. MichalskiGeneral Vice President, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers According to the presidential exit polls, jobs and the economy were the most important issues for American voters; voters who chose President Obama to again lead our country. While many Americans are concerned with the slow economic recovery, we’ve seen glimmers of hope […]
Written By: Arianna RussellOwner/Inventor at Bodacious Cases A lot of you may already know that I’m very passionate about having my products 100% Made in America. Well, last Friday I received a phone call from the ABC World News producer. After a twenty-minute interview with me talking about The Band-It Case being Made in America the […]
After years of offshore production, General Electric is moving much of its far-flung appliance-manufacturing operations back home. It is not alone. An exploration of industry’s startling, sustainable, just-getting-started return to the United States. For much of the past decade, General Electric’s storied Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, appeared less like a monument to American manufacturing […]
Jacek PopielDecember 3, 2012 The U.S. education system was once the envy of the world. Yet according to many surveys we are now falling behind many other nations – particularly in mathematics, science and engineering. What is wrong? Why are we slipping? The debate proceeds on the assumption that […]
Woody Leonhard Conventional wisdom says that American labor costs so much it can’t compete with Chinese and other Asian sources. Conventional wisdom says that American companies can’t ramp up as effectively — or hire new, willing and able workers as quickly — as in China.Conventional wisdom is an ass.Matt […]
By Mikey Campbell December 3, 2012 Apple may be taking some of the burden of assembling the new iMac off Chinese supply partners by performing parts of assembly in the U.S., as a number of newly-purchased standard units are showing an “Assembled in USA” notation usually reserved for made-to-order machines. “Assembled in USA” notation found on […]
Michael Bender, executive vice president at Walmart and president of Walmart West. Bonnie Kavoussi11/30/2012 Walmart workers “love their jobs.” Just ask Walmart. The retail giant took to Twitter and the opinion section of the San Francisco Chronicle Friday to defend itself against allegations from workers and labor organizers protesting on Black Friday, who claimed Walmart pays its employees low wages, […]
