Investing in America by Bringing Manufacturing Back Home

Hundreds of manufacturers have started to realize the benefits of bringing jobs back to the United States. They are reinvesting in America and reinvesting in the American workforce. In part responding to the consumers demand for higher quality and safer products for themselves and their families. We commend these companies for bringing manufacturing back to the US and our goal is to continue to promote and encourage more companies to follow suit in 2018 and beyond.

The cost of labor from ...

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28
FEB
2018

Manufacturing, Reshoring

jobs, Reshoring

Why is There Such a Shortage of Skilled Workers?

Posted by: Jim Palmer

After bad trade deals, such as NAFTA, CAFTA and many others, Americans moved away from getting involved in skilled trades and jobs that involved manufacturing because so many of those jobs went overseas.

High School’s and junior high used to have industrial arts programs otherwise known as shop class. My shop class had everything from woodworking, to sand casting, welding and even drafting. Those programs were mostly cut and students were encouraged to get good grades so they could get into ...

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5
DEC
2017

Education, Employment

education, employment, jobs, skills, trades