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    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

    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
    Also, how do workplaces join unions?
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    Recruiting / Retention

    How Are You Finding and Keeping Workers?

    April 19, 2024
    Share your innovative approach with your manufacturing peers in our one-question poll. We'll choose the most insightful answers for a future article.
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    Recruiting / Retention

    Five Ways AI Is Changing the HR Game

    April 12, 2024
    The biggest payoff may be in professional development for current employees.

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    Labor / Employment Policy

    Explainer: How Do Workplaces Join Unions?

    April 16, 2024
    What to know to understand the UAW's campaign, an uptick in union activity and a recent change in the union-election process.
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    Labor / Employment Policy

    Volkswagen Chattanooga Workers Will Vote on UAW Representation April 17-19

    March 25, 2024
    The UAW says it already has a supermajority of cards signed.
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    Labor / Employment Policy

    UAW Files for Union Election at VW’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, Plant

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

    ‘I’m Proud to Say I’m a Nerd:’ A Valedictorian Finds Her Leadership Home at Bosch

    March 15, 2024
    Vice president and plant manager Annekathrin Mueller is co-leading a $260 million transformation at the automotive supplier’s largest U.S. plant.
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    Talent

    Five Years, Five Sectors: US Cities with Notable Manufacturing Job Gains Since 2019

    March 15, 2024
    From the COVID-19 pandemic to the CHIPS Act, there have been several drivers of manufacturing job growth in recent years.