A Day In The Life Of An Industrial Maintenance Supervisor

Bill Moore of J & M Machine Company makes it all sound so easy. For 21 years he’s been supervising over 65-plus CNC repair technicians. His responsibilities cover it all from facility maintenance, to vehicle and machine repair and even ventilation.

May 16th, 2016

Bill Moore of J & M Machine Company makes it all sound so easy. For 21 years he’s been supervising over 65-plus CNC repair technicians. His responsibilities cover it all from facility maintenance, to vehicle and machine repair and even ventilation. Bill clearly loves his job, and the people he works with.

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From Garage Production to Global Exporter

From Garage Production to Global Exporter

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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.

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, photo Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo poses for a photograph with her Bulova watch. Raimondo only wears watches made by Bulova — a company that fired her scientist father, closed its Rhode Island factory and moved production to China in 1983. “It’s been a tribute to my dad,' Raimondo said in an interview, “and a reminder to me that we need to do more to get good manufacturing jobs in America.”

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Workers Feel Most Valued When Managers Trust Them

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A now hiring sign sits on a display in a clothing store Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, in Sioux Falls, S.D. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level since the pandemic began, a sign the job market is still improving even as hiring has slowed in the past two months.

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