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National Association of Manufacturers Blasts ... American Manufacturing?

Dave Johnson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Manufacturing, Free Trade, Cato Institute, Trade, Libertarians, National Association of Manufacturers, US Economy, Us Tax System, Us-Manufacturing, Harold Meyerson, Washington Post, Gross Domestic Product, American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News
Dave Johnson

Why is America's National Association of Manufacturers echoing the Cato Institute's views against American manufacturing? Has this organization lost its way? Do NAM members know about this?

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Specter-Sestak Attack Each Other From The Left on Free Trade

Mike Elk | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, Sestak, Netroots Nation, Specter, Nafta, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Arlen Specter, Obama and NAFTA, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Specter Sestak, Manufacturing Job Losses, Pennsylvania, Congressman-Joe-Sestak, Cafta, International Trade Commission, Pittsburgh, Arlen Specter Democrat, Politics News
Mike Elk

Manufacturing is essential to rebuilding our economy and moving away from the debt-driven boom bust cycles of the past.

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Create a Secretary of Manufacturing

Gilbert B. Kaplan | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Manufacturing, Unemployment, Cabinet, American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News
Gilbert B. Kaplan

We need to create jobs that have a multiplier effect and that build on our comparative advantage. When we think about where to put stimulus funds, someone has to stand up for manufacturing.

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Dude, Where's My Industrial Policy?

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Manufacturing, Industrial Policy, President Obama's Stimulus, Green Jobs, Nafta, Ohio, Senator Sherrod Brown, Manufacturing, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, China Currency, China, Manufacturing Jobs, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Face it, if we do not have an active and engaged industrial policy we are handing the business over to those who do. It is time to start discussing a national plan for manufacturing.

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America Needs a National Manufacturing Policy. Now.

Sen. Sherrod Brown | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Manufacturing, Sherrod Brown, American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Politics News
Sen. Sherrod Brown

Robust manufacturing capacity is not only essential if we are to achieve energy independence and equip our military, it is the key to global competitiveness in emerging markets.

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GM, Chrysler Bankruptcies: Auto Suppliers Suffer

nytimes.com | LOUIS UCHITELLE | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Chrysler, Gm, Auto Industry, Auto Suppliers, Detroit Bailout, American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News

For nine years, the Strong brothers, Mark and Tim, made tools in their machine shop to maintain the giant presses that stamped steel sheets into fende...

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The Cure for Layoffs: Fire the Boss!

Naomi Klein | Posted 06.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Bankruptcy, Workers, Manufacturing, The Take, International Bankruptcy, Fire the Boss, Manufacturing Jobs, Argentina, Business News
Naomi Klein

With the world economy now looking remarkably like Argentina's in 2001 (and for many of the same reasons) there is a new wave of direct action among workers in rich countries.

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American Manufacturing Doesn't Need a Bailout, Just a Level Playing Field

Scott Paul | Posted 05.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Recession, Fair Trade, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News
Scott Paul

We need to make more things here. Developing new technology and consuming alone do not make for a stable economy, but that's been our economic strategy for the past decade.

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The Dow vs. The Down and Out

Scott Paul | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Trade Deficit, Unemployment, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News
Scott Paul

The Dow breaks 7,000 and suddenly we're on the road to recovery? No, Wall Street is shutting out a continued torrent of real and painful economic news from communities all across America.

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Rowe to make jukeboxes in Mexico, not Michigan

AP | Posted 03.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Manufacturing, Rowe International Corp., Jukebox, American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Jukebox Rowe Mexico, Rowe International, Mexico, Business News

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Rowe International Corp. says it will move the production of its jukeboxes to Mexico after nearly a century of making them...

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Manufacturing a Dream and a Recovery

Scott Paul | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus, American Manufacturing, Taxes, U.S. Economy, Economy, Economic Crisis, Manufacturing, Community Organizer, Jobs, Credit Crisis, Taxpayers, Barack Obama, Manufacturing Jobs, US Economy, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Wall Street Crisis, Job Cuts, Wall Street, Chicago, South Side of Chicago, Community Organizing, American Jobs, Housing Bubble, Politics News
Scott Paul

If the destruction of capitalism and the arc of history were responsible for American manufacturing's steep decline, there would be a legitimate debate about whether it's worth saving.

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Troy the Turbine Builder: Creating the New Energy Economy

Clint Wilder | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Collar Jobs, Clean Energy, Wind Turbines, Barack Obama, Economy, Manufacturing Jobs, Green News
Clint Wilder

Unlike Joe, Troy Galloway, who works at the Gamesa wind turbine plant in Pennsylvania, is an actual turbine builder, goes by his first name, and has never owed back taxes.

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Automotive Chiefs Announce Further Restructuring, Closing Ohio

Aemilia Scott | Posted 01.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Cars, Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Unemployment, Economy, Satire, Ohio, Detroit, Auto Industry, Comedy, Manufacturing Jobs, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Bailout, Detroit Automakers, Economic Humor, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Chysler, The Big 3, Business News
Aemilia Scott

Over the last few years, sustaining Ohio has become less profitable for automakers. When the state began to run at a loss, the Big Three began selling off pieces to Germany and Japan.

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Ohio GOP Still Chasing Undecideds; Dems Making Sure Supporters Pull The Lever

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain Attack Ads, John McCain, Rich Beeson, New Voters, McCain Ohio, Diane Tucker, Barack Obama Race, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Manufacturing Jobs, Offthebus, Bloomberg, Talk Radio, The Ohio State University, Robert Bennett, Cnn, Conservative Talk Radio, Breaking Politics News, Gop, New York Times, Barack Obama Ohio Primary, Race Card, Youngstown, Joe the Plumber, Home News
Diane Tucker

The GOP must believe it can make inroads into Youngstown's urban community, because this month the second-biggest buy on the city's hip-hop air waves was made by the Mahoning County Republican Party.

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Former Colombia Foreign Minister Argues For An Extension Of Tough U.S. Drug Plan And Free Trade, Supports McCain

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Russia, Congress, Colombia FARC, Venezuela, Pablo Escobar, Sarah Palin Vice President, War on Drugs, Wall Street Journal, Killing Pablo, Offthebus, Plan Colombia, Trade Deficit, Colombia Free Trade, Alvaro Uribe, Farc, Para-Military Groups, Bill Clinton, Hugo Chavez, John McCain, Democratic Congress, John Bussey, Pablo Escobar Films, Terrorism, Free Trade, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Manufacturing Jobs, Barack Obama 2008, Outsourcing, Outsourcing to India, Labor Unions, Colombia, Sarah Palin, Narco-Trafficking, Fernando Araujo, Unions, Cocaine, Tu-160, Home News
Diane Tucker

I think Senator McCain will probably win in November because what North Americans value most is security, stability and experience, and that is McCain.

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Obama Will Accept Nomination in Suit Made by Union Members

Elana Levin | Posted 09.28.2008 | Style

Read More: U.S. Economy, Unite Here, Labor, Style, Nafta, Economy, Middle Class, Manufacturing, Fashion, Barack Obama, Union, Manufacturing Jobs, Workers Rights, Style News
Elana Levin

Today everyone will learn what we here at UNITE HERE already knew -- that if you bother to buy fair trade coffee your suit should be "fair trade" too -- and by that I mean union made.

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Why Does John McCain Hate the American Worker?

Lloyd Alter | Posted 09.24.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Mccain Energy Policy, High Oil Prices, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News
Lloyd Alter

McCain says "Drill here, drill now!" to reduce the price of gas, but every time the price of oil goes up, more jobs return from China, and first to the basic heavy industries like steel. Why does he hate the rust belt states? Or, for that matter, Mexico?

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How Many People are Unemployed? No One Knows

Zachary Karabell | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Republicans, Unemployment, Democrats, Manufacturing Jobs, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economy, Business News
Zachary Karabell

Our desire for certainty and reference points about the unemployment rate has turned these vague and loose statistics into Holy Grails of certainty. They aren't.

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The Holdouts: Michigan's Brewer Yet To Endorse Obama

Dan Treul | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Midwest Politics, Dnc, New Hampshire, Clinton, Michigan Democratic Party, Economy, Mdp, Obama, Democrats, Manufacturing Jobs, Michigan Economy, Midwestern Politics, Unity, Michigan Primary, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Midwest, Jennifer Granholm, John Edwards, Granholm, Al Gore, Michigan, Mark Brewer, Michigan Politics, Hillary Clinton, Home News
Dan Treul

While Gov. Jennifer Granholm has come over strongly to Obama, waving a blue heeled shoe in the air on one occasion, Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer has been conspicuously inarticulate.

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Fed: Economy Has Weakened

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, U.S. Economy, Manufacturing, Economic Growth, Credit Crunch, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News

WASHINGTON — The economy has weakened since the start of this year as shoppers turned even more cautious given the severe housing slump and pain...

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Worst Jobs For The 21st Century

Forbes | Brian Wingfield | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Worst Jobs, Goods-Producing Economy, Services-Producing Economy, Technology Jobs, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News

Health care, education and financial services--if you're looking for work in the coming decades, these are the fields to get into. What to avoid? The...

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