Talent

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

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Education / Training

Manufacturers, Liberal Arts Colleges Have Reasons to Collaborate

Oct. 18, 2024
Their mutualistic strengths and needs can make them good partners in small-town America.
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Labor / Employment Policy

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.
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Compensation Strategies

Despite Demands, Pensions Unlikely to Return

Nov. 13, 2024
Striking workers at Boeing, General Motors, and others requested a return to defined-benefit pension plans, but yesterday’s retirement plan shows no signs of returning.
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News

Boeing Strike Ends with Workers Accepting Significant Pay Raises

Nov. 5, 2024
Boeing strike concludes as workers agree to significant pay raises, allowing aircraft production to restart. The 33,000 employees had been on strike since September 13, seeking...
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Education / Training

Hands-on Programs Help Manufacturing-Inclined Students Connect the Dots

Oct. 14, 2024
These efforts focus on broadening the talent pipeline and nourishing that spark for creating things and using new tech.

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Labor / Employment Policy

Boeing Machinists to Vote on New Contract Wednesday

Oct. 22, 2024
The new contract offers a 35% raise over the lifetime of the contract, shy 5% of union demands.
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Manufacturing Day 2024: Gearing Up for the Next Generation

Oct. 4, 2024
Workforce challenges remain, but the industry has made inroads in creating career paths at all levels of employment, connecting with underserved groups and investing in education...
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Faces of Manufacturing 2024: 'If You Work Hard, the Opportunities Are Vast'

Oct. 4, 2024
In celebration of Manufacturing Day 2024, manufacturing workers share why they love their vocation. Here are their stories.
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East Coast, Gulf Coast Dockworker Strike Ends Until January with 62% Raise

Oct. 4, 2024
International Longshoremen’s Association wins massive pay increase in a tentative deal that ends the strike while sides negotiate a final deal by Jan. 15.
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Production Pulse: MFG Day 2024, Are Manufacturers Attracting the Workforce of the Future?

Oct. 3, 2024
A group of manufacturing editors and a representative of The Manufacturing Institute discuss how industrial companies can recruit future workers and some of the challenges they...