February 15, 2017 South Carolina Boeing workers overwhelmingly vote against unionization Nearly three-quarters of eligible production workers at Boeing's South Carolina plant voted Wednesday not to join the International Association of Machinists in a major setback for organized labor.
January 10, 2017 Fiat boss: Losing US as export destination would cripple Mexico's auto sector The FCA boss said it was unlikely that Mexico could offer incentives sufficient to outweigh a US decision to impose tariffs.
September 13, 2016 Consumer Technology Association chief: Let's make manufacturing great again If there’s one common thread running through sizable portions of the American Left and Right these days, it’s anti-globalization.
May 3, 2016 Union cancels Boeing vote, claiming gun-toting workers told it to take off It looks as if some residents in South Carolina take their state’s Right-to-Work laws very seriously. A Charleston-area union claims that some of their organizers and recruiters met the barrel of a gun when they knocked on the doors of workers from the local Boeing plant.
April 27, 2016 Four U.S. Representatives: Our plan to help manufacturers and revive American prosperity American manufacturing—once the pride of our nation and the envy of the world—is struggling.
March 11, 2016 Jack Daniel's in legal fight with small distiller A white whiskey named for a famed Appalachian moonshiner started out being sold in Mason jars, to honor its roguish roots, but switched to square-shaped bottling. That new look has the upstart distiller embroiled in a trademark infringement fight with Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey.
February 8, 2016 Trump and Sanders: Why do so many Americans find them appealing? When the devil you know is squeezing you poor, embracing the devil you don’t know offers at least some prospect for relief.
January 27, 2016 My conversation with Alec Ross: How technology will change our economy and culture Alec Ross's new book offers in-depth analysis of the relationship between technology and government, business, and education, and predicts how future innovation will disrupt society.
January 18, 2016 Dozens of Muslims leave company that limits prayer to scheduled breaks Dozens of Muslim employees at a Wisconsin manufacturer say they are now out of a job after the company changed its prayer-on-the-job policy.
