Workforce

Aug 23 2018
Blog Workforce

Want to Increase the Number of Apprentices? Here’s Where to Start.

Pre-employment training, affordable childcare are key, National Skills Coalition says.
Jul 25 2018
Blog Workforce

What Can We Learn from a European Manufacturing Powerhouse?

The strength of Germany's manufacturing sector isn't accidental.
Jul 19 2018
Blog

Ivanka Trump is Focusing on the American Worker — and Getting Called Out For It

Trump wants companies to hire more Americans, but her brand still depends on overseas labor.
Jul 12 2018
Blog

Senator Hopes to Forge the Future with Manufacturing Summer Camps

Students throughout Ohio can take part in camps organized by Sen. Sherrod Brown.
May 30 2018
Blog

This Bill Would Help U.S. Shipbuilding Set Sail

This bipartisan measure would steer some LNG exports toward American-made vessels.
Apr 24 2018
Blog

Investment in Clean Energy Must Go Hand-in-Hand with Trade Enforcement

It’s not an either-or. We must do both to achieve success.
Apr 06 2018
Blog Workforce

Workers Headed from White- to Blue-Collar?

Remember: Manufacturing still pays a premium.
Apr 03 2018
Blog

Black Workers Were Also Hurt by Factory Job Loss — Even More Than Their White Counterparts

That white workers suffered is well known. But the unique plight of black workers is often ignored.
Mar 23 2018
Blog

The Factory of the Future is Here, and this Organization is Training Workers for Success

How one Virginia organization is preparing people for advanced manufacturing jobs.
Mar 12 2018
Blog

Study Finds Manufacturing Workers Still Make More Money Than Those in Similar Fields

But rise of companies using temp workers is driving down the compensation premium.