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Georgia Pacific
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Labor Department Awards $1.8M to Help Workers Affected by Georgia-Pacific Layoffs
To support employment and training services for the 535 workers affected by a mill closure.
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Poultry Processor Settles with Feds Over Child Labor Violations
Mar-Jac was previously investigated following the death of a 16-year-old worker in 2023.
July 31, 2025
In this Sept. 30, 1957, file photo Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters vice president and leading candidate to succeed Dave Beck as the IBT's new president, waves to delegates at the opening of the Teamsters Union convention at Miami Beach, Fla.
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Jimmy Hoffa's Disappearance Reaches 50 Years
The former Teamsters union boss vanished from a restaurant about 10 miles north of Detroit.
July 31, 2025
Manufacturing
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The Resurgence of U.S. Manufacturing Hinges on Investing in People
Manufacturers need people who can keep pace with evolving tools, processes and market demands.
July 30, 2025
Agricultural workers harvesting a strawberry field.
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Trump’s Push for Deportations Could Boost Demand for Foreign Farmworkers with ‘Guest Worker’ Visas
“Guest worker” programs have existed for decades — leading to today’s H-2A visa program.
July 28, 2025
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Medical Device Maker Retractable Technologies Cuts 12% of Its Workforce
The cuts, which mainly impact manufacturing jobs, were blamed on Chinese tariffs.
July 24, 2025
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Airgas Strike Expands to More Facilities
July 24, 2025
Construction workers frame up a roof of wood lumber at a new home build, April 1, 2025, in Laveen, Ariz.
Labor Department Proposes More than 60 Rule Changes
July 22, 2025
Shoemaker Emmanuel Achuil works under the shade of a tarpaulin in Wau, South Sudan, June 13, 2025.
As the Going Gets Tough in South Sudan, Some Artisans Offer Cheap Footwear Made from Rubber Tires
July 21, 2025
Engineering programs at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) implement project-based assignments into fixed semesters to keep students on a unified track and encourage them to begin hands-on projects in their first year.
What U.S. Manufacturers Can Learn from Thailand’s Factory Pipeline
July 16, 2025
Milk is poured on a protester's face after federal immigration agents tossed tear gas at protesters during a raid in the agriculture area of Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, July 10, 2025.
A Chaotic Raid, 360 Arrests and a Tragic Death: What Happened at Glass House Farms
July 15, 2025
People embrace outside of Glass House Farms, a day after an immigration raid on the facility, on Friday, July 11, 2025, in Camarillo, Calif.
Cannabis Farmworker Who Fell from Greenhouse Roof During ICE Raid Dies
July 14, 2025
Demonstrators hold a flag in front of federal agents blocking a road during an immigration raid in Camarillo, Calif.
Protesters, Federal Agents Clash During Raid at Southern California Cannabis Farm
July 11, 2025
Aerial view of Omaha, Neb.
Deportations Threaten Neighborhood Built by Meatpacking, Immigrants
July 10, 2025
Dairy farmworker José Molina-Aguilar stands outside the Vermont Statehouse after a rally for housing rights for migrant farmworkers in Montpelier, Vt., June 13, 2025.
After a Vermont Dairy Farm Was Raided, Mixed Messages from Washington Have Increased Fears
July 7, 2025
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Solving Manufacturing's Skills Crisis Through Strategic Configuration
June 26, 2025
Worker in safety vest inspecting green hydrogen production facility with solar and wind energy.
More than 2 Million Jobs at Risk if Clean Manufacturing Tax Credits Repealed
June 30, 2025
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Airgas Workers Strike at Locations in 5 States
June 26, 2025
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July 30, 2025
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Hexagon Launches AEON, A Humanoid Built for Industry
The company plans to deploy the robot in production environments over the next six months.
June 17, 2025
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, meets with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, left, at the headquarters of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: 'KCNA' which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency.
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North Korea Plans to Send Military Construction Workers, Deminers to Russia
Soldiers previously fought together to repel a Ukrainian incursion.
June 17, 2025
Farm workers gather produce on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Moorpark, Calif.
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Farm Bureaus Say Immigration Raids Posing Risks to Nation's Food Supply
In one county, between 25% and 45% of farmworkers have stopped showing up for work.
June 16, 2025
Gen Z
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Are Microshifts the Key to Hiring Gen Z?
For Gen Z, balance beats the corner office.
June 10, 2025
Glenn Valley Foods, June 10, 2025, Omaha, Neb.
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Owner of Raided Meat Plant Says He Followed the Rules
"We did everything we could possibly do."
June 12, 2025
Protesters gather at the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons, Los Angeles, June 6, 2025.
Labor
Raids in Southern California Rattle Immigrant Communities
Immigrant advocates say the detained workers do not have criminal histories and are being denied their due process rights.
June 11, 2025
A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019.
Labor
Google Offers Buyouts to Staff in Latest Round of Cost Cutting
Affected staff included workers in the research and engineering units.
June 11, 2025
Federal agents are seen near Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha, Neb., June 10, 2025.
Labor
Immigration Raid at Omaha Meat Plant Sparks Protests
Authorities took dozens of workers away in buses — leaving company officials bewildered.
June 10, 2025
In this April 27, 2011 file photo, bottles of Procter & Gamble's Tide detergent are on display at a Target store in Richmond, Va.
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Procter & Gamble to Cut Up to 7,000 Jobs Under Tariff, Consumer Uncertainty Pressure
The company will also end sales of some products in certain markets.
June 5, 2025
People and AI robots working together in a distribution warehouse.
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It’s On Humans to Adapt to Working Alongside Humanoid Robots
The surprising human skills needed for robot collaboration.
June 4, 2025
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Bridging the Manufacturing Knowledge Gap with Smarter Training Solutions
Mistakes on the production line contribute to direct losses.
June 2, 2025
An engineer shows apprentices how to use a CNC machine.
Labor
Training and Lost Skills Need to Be the Manufacturing Industry's Top Priority
We've lost more than 400,000 skilled workers and it takes 8,000 hours to train a new one.
May 30, 2025
Pratt & Whitney employees hold signs while picketing at the Silver Lane entrance in East Hartford, Conn., on the first day of their strike, Monday, May 5, 2025.
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Jet Engine Maker Pratt & Whitney Reaches Tentative Agreement with Striking Machinists
Workers demanded improved job security, better wages, retirement benefits and health care coverage.
May 27, 2025
In this Friday, July 223, 2021, photograph, employees move into an entrance to the JBS meat processing plant in Greeley, Colo.
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U.S. Meatpacking Workers Win Back Pensions in New Union Contract with JBS
This marks the meatpackers first new pension plan in nearly 40 years.
May 22, 2025