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

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    Manufacturing Narrowly Avoids A Second Month of Job Losses: Trade Deficit Narrows
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    January Jobs Report Shows Mostly Stable Manufacturing Job Growth

    Feb. 12, 2025
    Decreases in transportation equipment employment were offset by gains in nondurable goods manufacturing.
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    Explainer: What Employers Should Know about ICE

    Feb. 5, 2025
    Best practices for employers concerned about immigration enforcement.
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    Stellantis to Build New Truck in Idled Belvidere Plant

    Jan. 22, 2025
    The recommitments follow a threatened national strike by the UAW.
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    Labor & Operations Leadership

    President Trump Names New Chairman for NLRB

    Jan. 22, 2025
    Marvin Kaplan will lead the board's Republican majority, once two new appointees are confirmed by the Senate.
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    Updated: The Controversy Surrounding DEI Programs in Manufacturing and Beyond

    Jan. 22, 2025
    Are these manufacturers throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

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    Update: Judge Orders Fired NLRB Member Reinstated

    Jan. 29, 2025
    The Trump administration appealed, defending the president's right to fire members of the NLRB at will.
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    Manufacturing Salaries Plunged in 2024, and Why That’s Great News

    Dec. 16, 2024
    The 2024 IndustryWeek Salary Survey showed a massive decline in average wages, but that reflects more young people working, not wage cuts at the top end.
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    DEI Dissent, Essential Agility and More Disruption Is on the Way: IW's Weekly Reads

    Dec. 13, 2024
    Also, why psychological safety is so important and the benefits of design thinking.
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    Boeing Resumes Production at Seattle Plants After Strike

    Dec. 10, 2024
    A labor strike by the IAM shut down Puget Sound production for almost three months.
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    Kentucky EV Battery Builders Launch UAW Campaign

    Nov. 20, 2024
    According to the autoworkers' union, a supermajority of workers at BlueOval SK in Kentucky have signed union cards.