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The Truth About Cat and Jobs
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This WSJ editorial says the recent agreement at the Caterpillar Joliet plant in llinois is not about leverage but about increasing U.S. manufacturing competitiveness. As U.S. competitivness improves and the economy grows wages will increase. It does little service to management, labor and the U.S. economy for above market wage rates to lead to loss of manufacturing competitiveness as happened in the U.S. automobile industry, resulting in closing of plants.
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The strike at Caterpillar's Joliet, Illinois plant, its Canadian plant and efforts to improve U.S. manufacturing competitiveness
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A realization that the idea of America transitioning to a services based economy without impairing jobs was fundamentally wrong
04/17/2006
The need for a strong and growing manufacturing base in the U.S. is one key realization for business leaders from the heads of Boeing, Intel and GE, and other business leaders to leaders in government. Failure to do this simply breeds a sense of pessimism about the future and creates an economy that leaves many productive people jobless, creates unsustainable trade deficits and foreign borrowing. Jeffrey Immelt says this in an op-ed piece in the Washington Post on the day he is appointed to head the President's Council on Jobs.
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Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
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New York Times 02/08/2012
Economy Falling Years Behind Full Speed
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Apple iPhone manufacturing in China, and the U.S. trade deficit
07/01/2010
How much of the iPhone is manufactured in China? 3.6% by China's Hon Hai, but this does not account for South Korean and Japanese suppliers using manufacturing bases in China. German suppliers also have Chinese factories. Production costs at Hon Hai itself are rock bottom, as a result the other parts would be too expensive if not manufactured in China. Reliable statistics would include the value of all suppliers who build i-phone parts in China and take into account the impact on the US of manufacturing jobs that would otherwise be available in the US.
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Toyota's New U.S. Plan: Stop Building Factories
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Honda's expansion of U.S. manufacturing in 2012-2013 to export cars and SUV's
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Wall Street Journal 12/21/2011
Honda CEO Rethinks Car Maker’s Priorities
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Honda Names Takahiro Hachigo New President
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Honda Bolsters Its Production in North America
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Manufacturing and Innovation
07/01/2010
How a decline in manufacturing, which the U.S. has experienced, depresses innovation capabilities. Germany and Japan have tried to maintain manufacturing strengths.
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Does America Need Manufacturing?
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Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
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Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
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Whirlpool Shifts Some Production to U.S. From Mexico
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Economy Falling Years Behind Full Speed
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Why Manufacturing Still Counts in the U.S. Economy
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01/01/2010
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Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
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Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2012
U.S. Productivity Growth Has Taken a Dive
Wall Street Journal 02/04/2014
Falling Wages at Factories Squeeze the Middle Class
New York Times 11/20/2014
Regional U.S. Federal Reserve Banks surveys of manufacturing activity- 2011-2013
01/19/2011
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Factories Retrench Amid Downturn Worries
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Slower Business Spending Spells Trouble
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New York Times 09/26/2011
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Wall Street Journal 08/20/2012
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Caterpillar
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Caterpillar strategy
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Caterpillar Continues to Crawl Along
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With Caterpillar, Digging In for the Long Haul
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Caterpillar's Sales Roll Along to a Latin Beat
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Caterpillar Expects Sales Will Stabilize
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Caterpillar Loses High-Speed Train Contract
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The Auto Industry Bailout and Mitt Romney
01/06/2008
Mitt Romney opposed the auto industry bailout. An article by Romney with the title "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt," appeared in the New York Times at the time of the bailout. Auto executive Bob Lutz says he was profoundly disappointed by Romeny's position, as the situation was at a point where government loans were necessary. Auto executives see the vindication of their position in the recovery of Chrysler, GM and Ford Motor. In a bit of irony Romney, who is from Michigan, announced his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election at the Ford Museum in Dearborn. GM and Chrysler went into bankruptcy, but this was a planned bankruptcy, with the support of the U.S. government and a pathway set with loans and conditions so that would lead to eventual recovery. The fear was that a chaotic bankruptcy process would permanently impair the American auto manufacturing industry- and the planned bankruptcy with government conditions and loans was meant to avert this and still allow shedding or restructuring of burdensome obligations- as this way buyers would still have confidence to buy automobiles from GM and Chrysler. Auto executives point out that the private markets had already shut out GM and Chrysler from financing. Retired GE executive supported a planned bankruptcy with government help, because of the importance of the auto industry to the U.S. economy, in the Nov. 18, 2008 issue of Business Week.
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Bailout Stand Trails Romney in Car Country
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Dow Chemical's CEO on How to Revive Manufacturing
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Airbus manufacturing in the U.S.
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Airbus's New Push: Made in the U.S.A.
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Anthony Liveris, Dow Chemical CEO, on ways to revive Manufacturing in the U.S.
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Grouped Articles
Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
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Whirlpool Shifts Some Production to U.S. From Mexico
Wall Street Journal 12/20/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
China's Export Pain May Be Mexico's Gain
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2012
Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2012
Comparitive advantage, free trade, jobs and the role of manufacturing in the U.S.
07/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2012
A part-timer boom, or blip? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/2014
Why Manufacturing Still Counts in the U.S. Economy
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
Export of manufacturing jobs from the U.S.
07/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Whirlpool Shifts Some Production to U.S. From Mexico
Wall Street Journal 12/20/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
A part-timer boom, or blip? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/2014
Why Manufacturing Still Counts in the U.S. Economy
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
Manufacturing activity in the U.S. 2012-2013
01/19/2011
Grouped Articles
Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Whirlpool Shifts Some Production to U.S. From Mexico
Wall Street Journal 12/20/2013
World's Factories Pick Up the Pace
Wall Street Journal 02/02/2012
Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment? - Economic View
New York Times 02/04/2012
China's Export Pain May Be Mexico's Gain
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2012
Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2012
The special role of manufacturing in keeping the U.S. economy strong.
07/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
Why Manufacturing Still Counts in the U.S. Economy
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
Strong Dollar Stands in Manufacturing Sector’s Way
Wall Street Journal 03/16/2015
U.S. Car-Making Boom? Not for Auto-Industry Workers
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2015
U.S. manufacturing cost-competitiveness with China and Mexico leading to the return of outshored manufacturing jobs
07/01/2010
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China Manufacturers Survive by Moving to Asian Neighbors
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2013
China Factories Try Karaoke, Speed Dating to Keep Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2013
Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Mexico, China Seek to Jump-Start Trade
Wall Street Journal 06/04/2013
Strains Show in China's Job Market
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2013
Robots May Revolutionize China's Electronics Manufacturing
Wall Street Journal 09/24/2013
Poverty among white Americans in 2010-2015
03/11/2009
A previous generation could count on good jobs in manufacturing with only a high school education. The last two decades of globalization have hit manufacturing jobs and wages in the U.S. hard and the impact is greatest on people without a college education. Other problems aggravating income and causing poverty is the increase of dropout rates from the labor force of young white American men, the effects of drug use and the lack of stable marraiges. This creates an underclass of whites in America, similiar to the underclass among minorities.
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Racial Wealth Gap Widened During Recession
New York Times 04/28/2013
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2011
New York Times 06/22/2013
OECD report cites rising income inequality - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/06/2011
U.S. Schools Chief Arne Duncan Labors to Straddle Political Divide
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
New York Times 02/10/2010
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