Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As we celebrate Labor Day, our nation is discovering anew the value of making and building things, from cars to semiconductor ...

Economists debate why manufacturing has been more prone to unionization, but one leading explanation is the fact that workers in this industry tend to work at one large workplace (the factory) and, at ...

Whenever President Trump’s tariff fiasco comes to an end, we will turn attention to the lasting impacts. It is not a pretty picture. One of the many contradictory explanations of the Trump tariffs is ...

The goal of Major Tool and Machine’s two-day camp was to show seventh to ninth graders different careers within manufacturing. Students were able to participate in various hands-on activities, such as ...

More than 200 workers have lost their jobs after two facilities were closed down as part of a broader round of cuts.

The majority of the fatalities were the result of contact incidents, which included encounters with falling or suspended objects, or being caught or compressed by running powered equipment, per ...

This is Part 2 in our series on manufacturing in America. Part 1 asked why Americans aren't filling the manufacturing jobs that are already here. Subscribe to the Planet Money newsletter for the next ...

Whenever President Trump’s tariff fiasco comes to an end, we will turn attention to the lasting impacts. It is not a pretty picture. One of the many contradictory explanations of the Trump tariffs is ...

Manufacturing pays a premium "Manufacturing is special," says Gordon Hanson, an economist at Harvard Kennedy School who has published influential research on American manufacturing. " That's because ...