Talent

The latest on manufacturing hiring trends, the skills gap, workforce best practices and labor issues.

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Compensation Strategies

Are Your Posted Salary Ranges Too Broad? It Could Cost You Talent

April 4, 2024
Some companies are playing fast and loose with pay transparency, to their own detriment.
UAW
Labor / Employment Policy

What's the UAW's Next Priority: VW Contract or More Organizing?

April 29, 2024
After the Mercedes vote, Fain and the UAW will have to decide which of two distinct, but intertwined, “games” to prioritize.
Coca-Cola Co.
Members Only

So That Happened: Will AI Pick Coke's Next Flavor?

April 24, 2024
IndustryWeek editors look into that story and why we're all using AI wrong, Airbus' new management, drones heading to Congress and skilled trades taking the spotlight.
UAW
Labor / Employment Policy

UAW Organizes Volkswagen Plant in Tennessee in Blowout Vote

April 20, 2024
On the heels of the union’s lucrative contracts with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, VW workers approve joining the UAW by a nearly 3-to-1 margin.
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Talent

Tesla Cuts, AI Upsets and Lean as a Lifestyle: IW's Weekly Reads

April 19, 2024
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March 18, 2024
A previous election to unionize the plant failed in 2019 by a slim margin.