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Jul 15 2016
Press Release

Live from the RNC: AAM’s Keep It Made in America Tent Highlights Manufacturing Jobs and Trade

CLEVELAND – The role of trade in the U.S. economy is expected to take center stage at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, where the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) will...
Jul 20 2016
Blog

OPINION: Live from Cleveland, it’s the Alliance for American Manufacturing

First we talk manufacturing policy with the RNC. Then with the DNC.
Sep 18 2020
Blog

Manufacturing Helped Darrell Rideout Build a Good Life, But He Worries About “What My Kids Will Have to Go Through”

In many ways, the United Steelworkers member has achieved the American dream. But being Black means Rideout and his family still deal with racism.
Oct 09 2020
Blog

Steve Ackerman, a Black Millwright in Rural Ohio, Sees Slow Racial Progress

“If nothing else comes out of this, they are starting to at least listen now.”
Jun 18 2020
Blog

Manufacturing Offered Opportunity for Black Workers Like E.J. Jenkins, But Inequalities Persist

The steelworker from Gary, Ind., reflects on the challenges facing Black workers and his community.
Jun 07 2024
Blog Made in America

This Website is Bringing Amish-Made, Heirloom Quality Furniture to the Public

Amish Furniture Factory sells living room, dining room, and bedroom furniture made by Amish communities in Indiana and Ohio. It's all made and sourced in the United States -- and built to last.
Jul 01 2020
Blog

No Stranger to Adversity, Syracuse Steelworker Keith Odume is an Advocate for Change

"Everyday is a fight for humanity... you just have to do the right thing," Odume said.
Aug 05 2020
Blog

After Facing Racial Discrimination at His Paper Mill, Alex Perkins Sprung Into Action

Perkins joined the United Steelworkers to help do “right by working class people.”
Jun 06 2024
Blog Made in America

After Decades of Dilapidation, Michigan Central Station Makes a Motor City Comeback

Long a living symbol of Detroit's 20th century decline, the restored station is aiming to play a key role in the Motor City's 21st century rebirth.
Jul 16 2020
Blog

As a Black Woman in a Factory Dominated by White Men, Monica Mabin Faced Double Discrimination

"You are fooling with the wrong Black woman," Mabin recalls telling one supervisor.