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  • A Rivian R1T nears undergoes final assembly at the automaker's plant in Normal, Illinois.
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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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    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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    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
  • United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain speaking during a livestream event.
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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
  • Volkswagen Group's assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenneesee.
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    Most Volkswagen autoworkers in Tennessee want to join union, UAW says

    With a majority of workers having signed union cards, the United Auto Workers lauded the moment as a positive sign for its industry unionization drive.

    By Michael Brady • Feb. 13, 2024
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    Apogee Enterprises to shutter Michigan glass plant, layoff 250

    The building materials maker is moving the Walker plant's production to its Wisconsin and Missouri sites.

    By • Feb. 9, 2024
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    White House invests $5B in semiconductor R&D efforts

    The money will go towards launching a national center to boost domestic breakthroughs in chip technology.

    By • Feb. 9, 2024
  • A Cargill meatpacking plant is pictured on April 17, 2020 in Fort Morgan, Colorado.
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    Cargill to lay off more than 100 workers from Nashville meat plant

    The Minnesota-based company says it will relocate some production to Nebraska and Texas as it optimizes its manufacturing footprint.

    By Nathan Owens • Feb. 7, 2024
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    OSHA cites Wisconsin ice cream plant after ammonia outbreak

    Schoep's Ice Cream will face $145,000 in penalties for violating 12 safety management rules.

    By • Feb. 7, 2024
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    Nestlé to lay off 216 workers at Ohio factory

    The Solon plant, which produces brands like Lean Cuisine and Stouffer's, is one of multiple facilities the food and beverage giant has shuttered in recent months.

    By Christopher Doering • Feb. 2, 2024
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    Manufacturing ‘ready to start running again’ with demand up: PMI

    The industry is at the beginning of a possible growth cycle, but manufacturers are likely to be slow to start hiring again, economists say.

    By • Feb. 1, 2024
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    Crown to close can metal plants in Illinois, Mississippi

    About 190 employees may be impacted by site closures expected in March.

    By Maria Rachal • Feb. 1, 2024
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    Energy Department to launch $24M training initiative

    The money will establish new Industrial Assessment Centers to build a clean energy workforce.

    By • Jan. 31, 2024
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    The year ahead in manufacturing

    From the biggest plant projects to the toughest jobs to fill, here are some of the top issues to watch in 2024.

    By • Jan. 30, 2024
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    Leggett & Platt to reduce manufacturing, distribution sites

    The bedding maker will lay off 900 or more workers in its restructuring, it said in a securities filing.

    By • Jan. 29, 2024
  • President Joe Biden greets union workers after a visit to Wolfspeed's North Carolina facility.
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    The top challenges in semiconductor manufacturing this year

    Even as investment in the industry booms, chipmakers are still likely to face long roads ahead to stand up new factories and train specialized labor. 

    By Rebecca Heilweil • Jan. 29, 2024
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    Lonza to lay off over 200 at clinical manufacturing facility

    The pharmaceutical company will begin the first round of job cuts at the Hayward, California, site on Feb. 2.

    By • Jan. 25, 2024
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    WestRock to close plants in Seattle and North Carolina, affecting more than 240 jobs

    Production volumes from the Seattle box plant and North Carolina healthcare packaging plant will shift to other WestRock facilities. Laid-off employees can apply for open positions at other locations.

    By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 25, 2024
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    SK Battery America cited for safety, health hazard violations at Georgia plant

    The Labor Department found the battery maker exposed workers to hazardous conditions when working with nickel, cobalt and manganese.

    By • Jan. 24, 2024
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    Phoenix leads in manufacturing construction

    The city has seen 14 major projects since 2020, and plants are cropping up in other areas with the labor pool to staff them, research found.

    By Julie Strupp • Jan. 23, 2024
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    The hardest manufacturing jobs to fill this year

    Semiconductor, EV and solar panel manufacturers are struggling to find machinists and engineers as the sectors grow in the U.S.

    By • Jan. 22, 2024