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Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

September 19, 2025

An upgraded SLM F/A-18 Super Hornet departs St. Louis heading back to the U.S. Navy fleet.

Boeing Moves F/A-18 Work Out of St. Louis

September 25, 2025

Unmanned Vehicle Maker, Military Shipbuilder Among 6 U.S. Companies Sanctioned by China

September 25, 2025

Robotic Machine Crushes Worker at Pizza Factory

September 25, 2025

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

IEN Unboxed is a new show in which our editors unbox new tools on the market and discuss their features.

September 19, 2025

UPS to Hire 100,000, Many in 30 Minutes or Less

Take too long to hire, and an applicant can go elsewhere.

September 9, 2021

In this Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, file photo, a Boeing 767 with an Amazon.com 'Prime Air' livery flies over Lake Washington, as part of the Boeing Seafair Air Show. Amazon said Wednesday, June 30, 2021, that its carbon footprint grew 19% last year as it rushed to deliver a surge of online orders during the pandemic.

Amazon's Carbon Footprint Grew 19% Last Year

Amazon's carbon emissions are the equivalent of burning through 140 million barrels of oil.

June 30, 2021

In this Oct. 1, 2020, file photo, an Amazon delivery van departs an Amazon Warehouse in Dedham, Mass. The Teamsters, a union that represents 1.4 million delivery workers, is setting its sights on Amazon. The union is voting Thursday, June 24, 2021, on whether to make organizing Amazon workers its main priority, saying that Amazon, which is now the nation’s second-largest private employer, is exploiting its employees by paying them low wages, pushing them to work at fast speeds and offering no job security.

Teamsters Set Sights on Amazon

One union leader said organizing Amazon workers will take “shop-floor militancy,” such as strikes in warehouses and in city streets.

June 24, 2021

Peloton Recalls Treadmills After Child Dies

The decision comes less than a month after the company denied the machines were dangerous.

May 6, 2021

In this file photo, Amazon packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon warehouse facility in Goodyear, Arizona.

Amazon's Profit Triples as Pandemic Continues

It also posted revenue of more than $100 billion for the second quarter in a row.

April 30, 2021

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Amazon to Give Over 500K Workers a Raise

Those getting raises include warehouse workers and employees in Amazon's package sorting centers.

April 29, 2021

In this Sept. 19, 2019 photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during his news conference at the National Press Club in Washington.

In Wake of Union Vote, Bezos Says Amazon Must Do Better for Workers

Bezos said he didn't take comfort in the outcome of the recent union election in Bessemer, AL.

April 15, 2021

In this March 18, 2021 file photo, a salesperson helps a customer shopping for Bean Boots at the L.L. Bean flagship retail store in Freeport, Maine. Newly vaccinated and armed with $1,400 stimulus checks, Americans went on a spending spree last month, buying new clothes and going out to eat again. Retail sales surged a seasonally adjusted 9.8% after dropping about 3% the month before, the Commerce Department said Thursday, April 15.

March Retail Sales Soared 9.8%

And the $1,400 relief checks played a big role.

April 15, 2021

In this March 30 photo, a banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting is shown at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.

Alabama Union Vote Delivers Win for Amazon

The union said it would file an objection with the NLRB charging the company with illegally interfering with the union vote.

April 9, 2021

Emily Cunningham, left, speaks as Kathryn Dellinger, right, looks on during a news conference following Amazon's annual shareholders meeting, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Seattle.

NLRB Says Amazon Illegally Fired Outspoken Workers

The employees were critical of the company's reluctance to alter its impact on climate change and to better protect workers from the coronavirus.

April 6, 2021

In this file photo, Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union holds a sign outside an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama.

Worker Says Amazon Hung Anti-Union Signs in Bathrooms

The push to unionize at an Alabama warehouse could have a far-reaching impact on Amazon, as well as organized labor throughout the South.

March 18, 2021

Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union holds a sign outside an Amazon facility where labor is trying to organize workers on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. President Joe Biden said workers in Alabama and across the country have the right to join a union without intimidation from their companies. His comments come as Amazon workers in the state are voting on whether they should unionize. In a two minute video posted to Twitter, Biden didn’t mention Amazon by name, or say how workers should vote.

Biden Says Workers Have Right to Vote on Union

His comments come as Amazon workers in Alabama will decide whether they should unionize.

March 2, 2021

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Why Some Texans are Getting Sky-High Energy Bills

Wholesale prices are typically as low as a couple of cents per kilowatt-hour — but spiked to $9 per kilowatt-hour after the storm.

February 22, 2021

In this Dec. 19, 2020 file photo, Shoppers wear a mask as they leave a department store in Vernon Hills, Ill., The $600 stimulus checks got Americans shopping again. After three months of declines, retail sales soared a seasonally adjusted 5.3% in January from the month before, the U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.

US Retail Sales Jumps 5.3%, Thanks to $600 Stimulus Checks

How long spending will continue without more stimulus checks remains to be seen.

February 17, 2021