A GE Appliances plant in rural northwest Georgia was short hundreds of workers amid COVID-19. A flexible work option where ...

It’s no secret that the American manufacturing sector has taken a huge hit over the last 50 years or so. In 1970, about a quarter of Americans were employed in manufacturing, according to data from ...

Saint-Gobain North America's CEO says the real threat to America's next century isn't a lack of innovation — it's a shortage ...

This is Part 2 in our series on manufacturing in America. Part 1 asked why Americans aren't filling the manufacturing jobs that are already here. Subscribe to the Planet Money newsletter for the next ...

America needs a new generation of skilled trade workers to maintain its innovation edge. Meet the people shining a spotlight on the advantages and appeal of a career in trade work. Welding is not ...

President Trump has been upending the global economy in the name of bringing manufacturing back. President Joe Biden signed into law massive investments aimed at doing something similar. The American ...

President Donald Trump pitched sweeping international tariffs as a windfall to American manufacturers and workers who he said suffered from decades of free trade agreements. But American manufacturing ...

Technology can help accelerate the value manufacturing creates in the world. Companies that invest in technology and "smart factory" initiatives see a 10% to 12% gain in output, utilization and ...

Back in the 1940s, Rosie the Riveter shot to fame as the star of a campaign to encourage more US women into the traditionally male-dominated world of manufacturing. And for a long time, her inspiring ...

It turns out that Donald Trump’s erratic tariff policy is not popular with manufacturing workers. A new Washington Post poll of over 500 workers showed that 52 percent oppose the trade measures, ...