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Manufacturers: Impact of Strike Will Echo Far Beyond Detroit

Washington, D.C. – National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released the following statement on the United Auto Workers’ announcement to start a “Stand Up” strike: “The impact of this strike will echo far beyond the city of Detroit as multiple economic analyses have demonstrated. The small and medium-sized manufacturers across the country…

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Policy and Legal

Overregulation and Workforce Challenges Weigh Heavily on Manufacturing Sector

Optimism Sinks to Pandemic Lows in Q3 Outlook Survey

Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Manufacturers released its Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey for the third quarter of 2023, which registered the lowest level of optimism among NAM members (65.1%) since Q2 2020, as the sector continues to confront a tight labor market, unbalanced federal regulations and critical policy debates in Congress. “Manufacturers continue to…

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Policy and Legal

Manufacturers Sue SEC to Protect Private Businesses, Release Data on Harmful Impact of Novel Rule Interpretation

Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Manufacturers and the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers filed a SEC Rule 15c2-11 requires broker-dealers to ensure that key information about companies issuing over-the-counter equity securities is current and publicly available prior to quoting those issuers’ securities. SEC Rule 144A allows for resales of securities (primarily corporate debt issuances)…

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