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Quality control at BoeingBoeing in talks to buy Spirit AeroSystems as it strains to address quality issues
The talks come as the Federal Aviation Administration gave the aircraft maker 90 days to address its safety and quality control problems.
By Sara Samora • Updated March 1, 2024 -
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Manufacturing pulling out of the ‘malaise’ despite some performance dips: PMI
While some metrics like employment and production were down based on the ISM's monthly report, economists remain optimistic about the year ahead.
By Kate Magill • March 1, 2024 -
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Check out five of our biggest stories of 2024 so far, including how manufacturers are navigating rising costs and boosting workforce innovation.
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Anheuser-Busch avoids strike by reaching deal with union
The tentative agreement includes wage increases and greater benefits to the 5,000 Teamster-represented manufacturing workers.
By Chris Casey • Feb. 29, 2024 -
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Chemours puts CEO, CFO, controller on leave amid financial probe
The chemical maker is reviewing its internal financial reporting processes, including how reports are made to its ethics hotline and management practices related to SEC filings.
By Sara Samora • Feb. 29, 2024 -
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UAW wins majority support at Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama
The Tuscaloosa facility is the second nonunionized site in the U.S. to earn support for collective bargaining since last fall, the United Auto Workers said.
By Michael Brady • Feb. 28, 2024 -
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Front-line workers are more likely to be anxious and depressed, survey finds
Employers have a vested interest in educating these essential workers about their well-being options, meQuilibrium’s chief science officer said.
By Laurel Kalser • Feb. 28, 2024 -
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Report: Employers don’t practice what they preach on skills-based hiring
Fewer than 1 in 700 new hires benefited from businesses dropping degree requirements, Burning Glass Institute and Harvard Business School estimated.
By Carolyn Crist • Feb. 27, 2024 -
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5,000 Anheuser-Busch plant workers could strike on Friday
Beer production continues while 420 workers strike in Texas, but the Teamsters are threatening a walkout across 12 breweries if a better contract isn't reached.
By Chris Casey • Feb. 27, 2024 -
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UAW to spend $40M to organize non-union battery and auto plants
More than 10,000 non-union autoworkers have signed cards since the UAW launched a nationwide organizing drive in December.
By Eric Walz • Feb. 26, 2024 -
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Carclo to shutter Arizona plastic molding facility
The medical device maker is restructuring its U.S. operations as demand for COVID-19 diagnostic tests drops.
By Sara Samora • Feb. 23, 2024 -
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Rivian to lay off 10% of salaried workforce
A company spokesperson said the hourly manufacturing workers at its plant in Normal, Illinois, would not be affected.
By Michael Brady • Feb. 22, 2024 -
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UAW, Ford reach local deal, staving off strike at Kentucky Truck Plant
The union’s local chapter was prepared to strike on Friday if the tentative agreement was not reached.
By Michael Brady • Feb. 21, 2024 -
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Cleveland-Cliffs to idle West Virginia tinplate factory
The steelmaker will lay off roughly 900 workers after the International Trade Commission opted not to implement anti-dumping tariffs against steel imports.
By Joelle Anselmo • Feb. 21, 2024 -
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Gen Z workers say learning more AI tools will improve their value to employers
Nearly half of all workers feel they could lose out on job opportunities to those with better generative artificial intelligence skills.
By Carolyn Crist • Feb. 21, 2024 -
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GE Aerospace to pay $443K in gender discrimination settlement
The Boeing and Lockheed Martin supplier allegedly discriminated against female operations associate applicants at its Rutland, Vermont, facility.
By Sara Samora • Feb. 21, 2024 -
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Continental to ‘streamline’ R&D staff amid corporate overhaul
The move could affect 1,750 positions by the end of 2025.
By Michael Brady • Feb. 20, 2024 -
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Nearly 9,000 UAW members could strike at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant
The autoworkers want Ford to address health and safety issues, “as well as Ford’s continued attempts to erode the skilled trades” at the plant, the union said.
By Michael Brady • Feb. 20, 2024 -
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Attrition may slow during first half of 2024, survey shows
Employees said they most often stay put for flexibility, fulfillment and good compensation.
By Carolyn Crist • Feb. 14, 2024 -
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Most Volkswagen autoworkers in Tennessee want to join union, UAW says
With a majority of workers having signed union cards, the United Auto Workers lauded the moment as a positive sign for its industry unionization drive.
By Michael Brady • Feb. 13, 2024 -
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Apogee Enterprises to shutter Michigan glass plant, layoff 250
The building materials maker is moving the Walker plant's production to its Wisconsin and Missouri sites.
By Joelle Anselmo • Feb. 9, 2024 -
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White House invests $5B in semiconductor R&D efforts
The money will go towards launching a national center to boost domestic breakthroughs in chip technology.
By Joelle Anselmo • Feb. 9, 2024 -
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Cargill to lay off more than 100 workers from Nashville meat plant
The Minnesota-based company says it will relocate some production to Nebraska and Texas as it optimizes its manufacturing footprint.
By Nathan Owens • Feb. 7, 2024 -
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OSHA cites Wisconsin ice cream plant after ammonia outbreak
Schoep's Ice Cream will face $145,000 in penalties for violating 12 safety management rules.
By Joelle Anselmo • Feb. 7, 2024 -
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Nestlé to lay off 216 workers at Ohio factory
The Solon plant, which produces brands like Lean Cuisine and Stouffer's, is one of multiple facilities the food and beverage giant has shuttered in recent months.
By Christopher Doering • Feb. 2, 2024 -
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Manufacturing ‘ready to start running again’ with demand up: PMI
The industry is at the beginning of a possible growth cycle, but manufacturers are likely to be slow to start hiring again, economists say.
By Kate Magill • Feb. 1, 2024
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