Labor and Employment
Producer Prices Decline
U.S. Department of Labor. What’s going on: The decrease comes on the heels of January’s rise in prices for final demand goods and services. The index for final demand goods fell 0.2% in February after a 1.2% increase in January. Excluding food and energy, producer prices for final demand goods increased 0.3% in February, down …
More Companies Offer Child Care
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Timmons: We Have to Get Serious About Competing with China; The President’s Budget Does the Opposite
Washington, D.C. – National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released the following statement on President Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget plan: “There is no escaping the fact that the tax increases in President Biden’s new budget proposal would reverse the recent significant growth we’ve achieved in American manufacturing jobs and investment. “After the …
More Women Join the Manufacturing Workforce
NAM calculations based on BLS numbers. Women now account for 29% of the manufacturing workforce. A year ago this week, the Manufacturing Institute, the NAM’s 501(c)3 workforce development and education partner, launched its
