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. Read more
Nabisco Workers Continue Fight to Preserve Local Jobs
in Consumer Products, Economy, Factory Closings, Food Products, Jobs, Manufacturing, Outsourcing/by The Made in America Movement TeamA beige apartment building at 73rd and Kedzie is ground zero of the Nabisco workers fight to keep their jobs. Read more
House votes to penalize corporations leaving Indiana for Mexico
in Economy, Factory Closings, Jobs, Manufacturing, Public Policy/by The Made in America Movement TeamThe 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. Read more
January Manufacturing Orders Showed Best Growth In 10 Months
in Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing/by The Made in America Movement TeamThe 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. Read more
China Buying American Companies Fast, Freaking People Out
in Made in USA/by The Made in America Movement TeamHere’s a story you’ll be hearing about a lot this year. Read more
A Few Facts About Leap Day
in American History/by The Made in America Movement TeamSurrounded 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. Read more
State of Manufacturing: How to Build for the Future
in Economy, Education, Jobs, Manufacturing, Skills Gap, STEM, Technology/by The Made in America Movement TeamJay Timmons was preaching to the “manufacturing” choir in GlaxoSmithKline’s sun-drenched lobby at its Navy Yard offices. Read more
King Arthur Wants To Tell You Where Its Flour Comes From
in Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Food Products, Sourcing/by The Made in America Movement TeamMore 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. Read more
Carrier: Anger, Resignation as Massive Pay Gap Prompts Mexico Move
in Economy, Factory Closings, Jobs, Manufacturing, Middles Class, Outsourcing/by The Made in America Movement TeamCarrier – 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. Read more
Obama Signs Law Banning Imported Goods Produced by Forced Labor
in Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Slave Labor/by The Made in America Movement TeamPresident Obama signed into law Wednesday a provision banning the import of good made by child and forced labor. Read more
Factories in The USA: 56K Lost During First Decade
in Economy, Factory Closings, Jobs, Manufacturing, Middles Class, Outsourcing, Slave Labor/by The Made in America Movement TeamIn 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. Read more