by Sam Sharpe | Sep 6, 2020 | Manufacturing
Unlike many of his coworkers, Graham Davis was relieved to be laid off from his job at Boeing. Davis, who worked as an electrical maintenance technician at the company’s Everett, WA plant, was glad to know he would at least receive compensation when the company...
by Sam Sharpe | May 1, 2020 | Featured, Manufacturing
Many manufacturers have been deemed essential businesses and allowed to continue production while other businesses have been forced to close. Though far from immune to the economic effects of the shutdown, to this point they’ve fared much better than most American...
by Sam Sharpe | Mar 14, 2020 | Featured, Manufacturing
Anthony Dalessio was in high school when Republic Steel left town in 1984. The steel mill, one of the largest in the country, had been one of Buffalo’s largest employers through the 1950s and 60s. But as globalization moved manufacturing jobs overseas, Republic Steel...
by Sam Sharpe | Mar 3, 2020 | Featured, Manufacturing
The U.S. manufacturing sector posted modest growth in February even as the coronavirus outbreak began disrupting global supply chains. The signing of the first phase of a trade agreement between the U.S. and China last month buoyed American manufacturers. The sector...
