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    Most employees say their mental health has declined or plateaued

    Workplace tech and stressful managers can worsen stress and burnout — but can also be part of the solution, Calm says.

    By Carolyn Crist • March 11, 2024
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    Chemours CEO, CFO, controller manipulated vendor payment schedules to meet cash flow targets

    Meeting the cash flow targets would also be a “key metric” in determining the executives’ incentive compensation packages, an internal review reported.

    By • March 7, 2024
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    Trendline

    How manufacturers are approaching workforce development

    A wave of tech and investment changes are reshaping how manufacturers strategize around workforce recruitment and training. Read up on the latest trends.

    By Manufacturing Dive staff
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    Paper packaging facility closures in February

    On top of factory shutdowns, companies like Cascades, Stora Enso and Tetra Pak announced layoffs or idlings last month.

    By Maria Rachal • March 7, 2024
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    Pfizer halts construction of former Seagen factory in Washington

    The move will impact 120 employees and drugs intended for production at the site will be shifted to a North Carolina facility.

    By • March 6, 2024
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    Integra Lifesciences to cut about 60 jobs as it closes Indiana site

    Manufacturing will be transferred to a plant in Maryland as part of a strategy to bolster operational efficiency, a company spokesperson said.

    By Susan Kelly • March 6, 2024
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    Corning to build $900M solar component facility in Michigan

    The Solar Technology plant will create over 1,100 jobs in Richland Township.

    By • March 4, 2024
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    Del Monte Foods to close 2 plants in Washington and Wisconsin

    The fruit, vegetable and broth manufacturer said it will start winding down operations at the facilities starting in April. More than 200 employees will be impacted.

    By Christopher Doering • March 4, 2024
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    Quality control at Boeing

    Boeing in talks to buy Spirit AeroSystems as it strains to address quality issues

    The talks come as the Federal Aviation Administration gave the aircraft maker 90 days to address its safety and quality control problems.

    By • Updated March 1, 2024
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    Manufacturing pulling out of the ‘malaise’ despite some performance dips: PMI

    While some metrics like employment and production were down based on the ISM's monthly report, economists remain optimistic about the year ahead.

    By • March 1, 2024
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    Anheuser-Busch avoids strike by reaching deal with union

    The tentative agreement includes wage increases and greater benefits to the 5,000 Teamster-represented manufacturing workers. 

    By Chris Casey • Feb. 29, 2024
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    Chemours puts CEO, CFO, controller on leave amid financial probe

    The chemical maker is reviewing its internal financial reporting processes, including how reports are made to its ethics hotline and management practices related to SEC filings. 

    By • Feb. 29, 2024
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    UAW wins majority support at Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama

    The Tuscaloosa facility is the second nonunionized site in the U.S. to earn support for collective bargaining since last fall, the United Auto Workers said.

    By Michael Brady • Feb. 28, 2024
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    Front-line workers are more likely to be anxious and depressed, survey finds

    Employers have a vested interest in educating these essential workers about their well-being options, meQuilibrium’s chief science officer said.

    By Laurel Kalser • Feb. 28, 2024
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    Report: Employers don’t practice what they preach on skills-based hiring

    Fewer than 1 in 700 new hires benefited from businesses dropping degree requirements, Burning Glass Institute and Harvard Business School estimated.

    By Carolyn Crist • Feb. 27, 2024
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    5,000 Anheuser-Busch plant workers could strike on Friday

    Beer production continues while 420 workers strike in Texas, but the Teamsters are threatening a walkout across 12 breweries if a better contract isn't reached.

    By Chris Casey • Feb. 27, 2024
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    UAW to spend $40M to organize non-union battery and auto plants

    More than 10,000 non-union autoworkers have signed cards since the UAW launched a nationwide organizing drive in December.

    By Eric Walz • Feb. 26, 2024
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    Carclo to shutter Arizona plastic molding facility

    The medical device maker is restructuring its U.S. operations as demand for COVID-19 diagnostic tests drops.

    By • Feb. 23, 2024
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    Rivian to lay off 10% of salaried workforce

    A company spokesperson said the hourly manufacturing workers at its plant in Normal, Illinois, would not be affected.

    By Michael Brady • Feb. 22, 2024
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    UAW, Ford reach local deal, staving off strike at Kentucky Truck Plant

    The union’s local chapter was prepared to strike on Friday if the tentative agreement was not reached.

    By Michael Brady • Feb. 21, 2024
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    Cleveland-Cliffs to idle West Virginia tinplate factory

    The steelmaker will lay off roughly 900 workers after the International Trade Commission opted not to implement anti-dumping tariffs against steel imports.

    By • Feb. 21, 2024
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    Gen Z workers say learning more AI tools will improve their value to employers

    Nearly half of all workers feel they could lose out on job opportunities to those with better generative artificial intelligence skills.

    By Carolyn Crist • Feb. 21, 2024
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    Courtesy of Lockheed Martin.

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    GE Aerospace to pay $443K in gender discrimination settlement

    The Boeing and Lockheed Martin supplier allegedly discriminated against female operations associate applicants at its Rutland, Vermont, facility. 

    By • Feb. 21, 2024
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    Continental to ‘streamline’ R&D staff amid corporate overhaul

    The move could affect 1,750 positions by the end of 2025.

    By Michael Brady • Feb. 20, 2024
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    Nearly 9,000 UAW members could strike at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant

    The autoworkers want Ford to address health and safety issues, “as well as Ford’s continued attempts to erode the skilled trades” at the plant, the union said.

    By Michael Brady • Feb. 20, 2024
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    Attrition may slow during first half of 2024, survey shows

    Employees said they most often stay put for flexibility, fulfillment and good compensation.

    By Carolyn Crist • Feb. 14, 2024