Jobs

Oct 21 2014
Blog

UPDATED: Subway Car Contract Shows Massachusetts Needs to Fix its Procurement Process

A Chinese state-owned enterprise is poised to win a lucrative transportation program bid.
Oct 17 2014
Blog

Candidate Watch: Will Shaheen or Brown Fight Better for New Hampshire Manufacturing?

Photos courtesy Ryan Szepan and David L via Flickr In his bid to rejoin the world’s greatest deliberative body, former Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) — now running in New Hampshire —...
Oct 16 2014
Blog

Delaware River Project Shows Us Why Infrastructure Investment Matters

It's not just roads — we must make sure all of our infrastructure can keep up with competitors.
Oct 10 2014
Blog

cinda b: American-made Handbags a “Labor of Love”

We know where you can get a handbag that’s Made in America. / Image courtesy cinda b Cinda Boomershine started her handbags, totes, and travel bags business, cinda b, out of personal necessity....
Oct 07 2014
Blog

Candidate Watch: No One Wants to Talk About the Economy!

In 2014, we'd rather talk about anything else.
Oct 07 2014
Blog

Manufacturers: You Can Go Home Again

The founder of the Reshoring Initiative on the effort to bring manufacturing back to the US.
Oct 03 2014
Press Release

On National Manufacturing Day, the Sector Gains Only 4,000 Jobs in September: AAM Statement

The Department of Labor reported this morning that America's manufacturing sector added 4,000 jobs in September.  But the #AAMeter, which tracks President Obama's...
Oct 02 2014
Blog

The President Talks About Manufacturing’s Progress, But Context Remains King

Yes, the economy has created manufacturing jobs. But we lost a heckuva lot of them first.
Oct 01 2014
Blog

Candidate Watch: Georgia on our Mind

The Port of Savannah. | Photo by watch4u via Flickr. Leading up to November’s midterm elections, the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) is following how developments on the campaign...
Sep 24 2014
Blog

Candidate Watch: Grimes Pledges to Fight Currency Manipulation

The Senate candidate also promises to find funding to rebuild America's aging infrastructure