House votes to penalize corporations leaving Indiana for Mexico
The Indiana House approved an amendment to Senate Bill 308 on Tuesday that penalizes companies like Carrier Corp., which is moving 1,400 Hoosier jobs to Mexico.
Entries by The Made in America Movement Team
January Manufacturing Orders Showed Best Growth In 10 Months
The latest monthly manufacturing numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau reflected a strong start to 2016 as new orders for durable goods increased by nearly 5 percent.
China Buying American Companies Fast, Freaking People Out
Here’s a story you’ll be hearing about a lot this year.
A Few Facts About Leap Day
Surrounded in history and superstition, February 29 only comes once every four years— and we have one today. Here are a few facts about leap day.
State of Manufacturing: How to Build for the Future
Jay Timmons was preaching to the “manufacturing” choir in GlaxoSmithKline’s sun-drenched lobby at its Navy Yard offices.
King Arthur Wants To Tell You Where Its Flour Comes From
More and more, people want their food providers to be transparent. They want to know exactly where the ingredient they’re eating and cooking with are coming from. Which is why King Arthur Flour recently launched Identity-Preserved White Whole Wheat Flour.
Carrier: Anger, Resignation as Massive Pay Gap Prompts Mexico Move
Carrier – Union leaders at an air conditioner factory in Indianapolis threatened with losing 1,400 jobs to Mexico said on Tuesday the plant’s owner expects to pay Mexican workers $3 an hour compared to an average of more than $20 an hour for the U.S. workers.
Obama Signs Law Banning Imported Goods Produced by Forced Labor
President Obama signed into law Wednesday a provision banning the import of good made by child and forced labor.
Factories in The USA: 56K Lost During First Decade
In the week before Valentine’s Day, United Technologies expressed its love for its devoted Indiana employees, workers whose labor had kept the corporation profitable, by informing 2,100 of them at two facilities that it was shipping their factories, their jobs, their communities’ resources to Mexico.
Dumping Crackdown: New Law Cracks down on Steel Dumpers
President Barack Obama signed a customs bill that contains added protections for the domestic steel industry, whose advocates hailed it as a “good news day” and even a “great day.” The new law will crack down on steel dumping.
