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Q&A: The Importance of Attracting Gen-Z to Manufacturing Roles

Discussion around the looming manufacturing talent gap has focused on Millennials over the past decade, but Gen-Z is likely to account for 30% of all employment by 2030.

More Workers Sue U.S. Nuclear Lab over Vaccine Mandate

Those with religious exemptions have to use vacation time or go without pay until they are allowed to return.

In this May 7, 2020 photo, workers leave the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Ind.

Tyson Says Mandate Spurred 96% of Workers to Get Vaccine

Tyson employees who don’t get the shot before the company’s deadline will be fired, but former workers will be welcomed back if they get vaccinated later.

John Deere Drivetrain Operations workers in Waterloo, Iowa, cheer on the picket line as passing cars honk in support as the UAW officially started its strike on Oct. 14, 2021.

UAW Member Hit, Killed by Car Near John Deere Picket Line

The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is shown on a podium in Vail, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Denver. A woman who was fired after asking to bring an oxygen tank to work to help her breathe will get $25,000 in a federal settlement. TriMark Foodcraft also agreed to train its staff on what qualifies as reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act under a two-year consent decree with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency said.

Worker Settles After Being Fired for Asking to Bring Oxygen Tank

Larry Gamble, who has worked at the Kellogg plant for 13 years, and Sharnita Childress, who has worked at the plant for 8 years, picket with other union workers outside of the plant in Battle Creek, Mich. on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Around 1,400 union workers from Michigan, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Nebraska have been on strike for the past two weeks.

Kellogg Co. Offers to Restart Talks with Striking Workers

Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, joins supporters at the Amazon distribution center in the Staten Island borough of New York, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, as he holds 'Authorization of Representation' forms that were earlier delivered to the National Labor Relations Board in New York. Union organizers have delivered more than 2,000 signatures to federal labor officials in a bid to unionize workers at Amazon's Staten Island distribution center.

Amazon Union Vote Moves One Step Closer

Expanding Opportunities for Minority and Women-Owned Businesses

Expanding Opportunities for Minority and Women-Owned Businesses

The Export-Import Bank of the United States offers a number of tools to assist all U.S. manufacturers, and works to ensure that these opportunities are readily available to businesses owned by minorities and women. Watch video to learn more.

In this Sept. 13, 2021 file photo, members of Local 23D Union picket in front of Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Ky. Workers at one of the world’s largest bourbon producers, are scheduled to vote on a new contract on Saturday, Oct. 23, six weeks after walking out. The company announced a tentative contract agreement with the union representing striking workers on Friday.

Striking Bourbon Workers Ratify New Contract

About 420 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23D went on strike about six weeks ago.

Justin Paetow, center, a tin shop worker at Bath Iron Works, takes part in a demonstration against COVID-19 vaccine mandate outside the shipyard on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, in Bath, Maine.

Vaccine Mandates Create Conflict with Defiant Workers

The mandate for federal contractors goes into effect in December.

Bettye Jo Boone, a 30 year employee of Heaven Hill, pickets in front of Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, KY on Sept. 13, 2021.

Bourbon Manufacturer Inks Tentative Deal with Striking Workers

The deal between Heaven Hill and about 420 union members looks to end a six-week-long strike.

Restaurant Robot Helped Staff Receive Better Tips

Labor shortages had the restaurant in "crisis" mode.

Bid to Unionize NY Amazon Workers Nears Milestone

Organizers say they have collected signatures from more than 2,000 employees at four Amazon facilities in Staten Island.

A hiring sign is displayed at a furniture store window on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, in Downers Grove, Ill. Unemployment claims dropped 6,000 to 290,000 last week, the third straight drop, the Labor Department said Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021,. That’s the fewest people to apply for benefits since March 14, 2020, when the pandemic intensified.

US Unemployment Claims Fall to New Pandemic Low

It was the third straight weekly drop.

Members of the United Auto Workers strike outside of a John Deere plant on Oct. 20, 2021, in Ankeny, Iowa.

Judge Restricts Strikers' Conduct at Deere Plant

Company officials alleged that striking workers had disrupted access to the Davenport Works plant.

Student researchers at the University of Florida, Gainesville work on a solar-powered generator, 1977.

Trailblazing Women who Broke into Engineering in the 1970s Reflect on What's Changed

And what hasn't.

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Judge Denies Lab Workers' Claim in Vaccine Fight

Los Alamos National Laboratory officials said 96% of its employees are fully vaccinated.

Members of the United Auto Workers strike outside of the John Deere Engine Works plant on Ridgeway Avenue in Waterloo, Iowa, on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. About 10,000 UAW workers have gone on strike against John Deere since Thursday at plants in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas.

Contract Talks Resume Between Deere, Striking Workers

The contracts under negotiation cover 14 Deere plants.

Bettye Jo Boone, a 30 year employee of Heaven Hill, pickets in front of Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Ky., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Declaring an impasse in contract talks with striking union workers, global spirits producer Heaven Hill said Monday, Oct. 18 it will start hiring permanent replacement workers for bottling and warehouse operations in Kentucky.

Amid Strike, Bourbon Maker to Start Hiring Replacement Workers

About 420 union members voted last month to reject a new five-year contract offer.