Class Is in Session! We're Keeping Back-to-School Shopping Made in America
Start your students’ year right by stocking up on American-made and union-made school supplies. Alliance for American Manufacturing's own Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch and Cat Adams talk about their favorite Made in America school gear and tips for elementary all the way through college. Photo by Nick Amoscato via Flickr
29 Aug 202233min
“Without Manufacturing, We Wouldn’t Have a Town.”
Nearly 3,000 members and allies of the United Steelworkers met in Las Vegas last week for the union’s first in-person constitutional convention since 2017. Several of America’s top government leadership joined the event to champion the power of America’s workers, including United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai. We share the highlights from her speech and our conversations with workers at the convention about the state of manufacturing today.
15 Aug 202223min
America’s Workers Speak Out for Trade Action at the International Trade Commission
The International Trade Commission (ITC) hosted a marathon three-day hearing this July to examine the impacts of Section 232 on steel and aluminum imports and Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports. As you might expect, industry executives and trade lawyers are mainstays at these hearings like these, but the voice ITC officials really need to hear is that of America’s workers. In this episode, we share testimony offered by members of the United Steelworkers before the commission. Photo courtesy of United Steelworkers via Flickr
1 Aug 202211min
You Know All About the Semiconductor Shortage. But How About the Printed Circuit Board Crisis?
Semiconductors are the powerhouses of virtually all of our advanced technology, but they require printed circuit boards (PCBs) to run. Though the United States once produced more than 26% of the world’s PCBs, offshoring has eviscerated America’s microelectronics manufacturing industry, leaving only 4% of PCBs now Made in America. There’s a new bill that could change that. Printed Circuit Board Association Chairman Travis Kelly shares how. Photo courtesy of Isola Group
18 Jul 202222min
U.S. Open Champion Matthew Fitzpatrick’s Putter of Choice is Made in USA Bettinardi Golf
Robert Bettinardi had a passion for golf, and he had manufacturing expertise. He merged the two and almost a year and many pounds of steel later, he had milled his own putter. Bettinardi went on to manufacture for Titleist and Scotty Cameron before establishing family-owned putter brand Bettinardi Golf, which makes “the Ferrari” of putters from start to finish at Bettinardi’s factory just outside Chicago. Golfer Matthew Fitzpatrick recently won 2022 U.S. Open with one of the brand’s putters and will soon compete in the British Open with it in hand as well. Robert Bettinardi shares why his putters will always be Made in America and how the company is growing. Photo courtesy of Bettinardi Golf
4 Jul 202225min
Community Colleges Nationwide Are Collaborating to Expand Equity in Manufacturing
It's estimated that 2.1 million factory jobs will remain unfilled by 2030. However, efforts to increase equity in manufacturing promise to substantially expand the workforce and create pathways to the middle class for underserved communities. A new project coordinated by the Century Foundation (TCF) and the Urban Manufacturing Alliance examines the vital role community colleges play in this. TCF Fellow Michelle Burris explains how. Photo courtesy of The Century Foundation
21 Jun 202230min
What Does the Biden Administration Understand About Supply Chain Vulnerabilities?
When the Biden administration released its year-long supply chain review — a report that was written by seven federal agencies and totaled in more than 1,300 pages — on Feb. 24, its import was understandably dwarfed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that day. However, the historic report reveals much about the Biden administration’s commitment to green industrial policy. Roosevelt Institute Director of Industrial Policy and Trade Todd Tucker, who authored a brief on the supply chain report, breaks it down for us. Photo courtesy of the Roosevelt Institute
6 Jun 202228min
What's Really Behind the Campaign to Cancel the Solar Panel Circumvention Investigation?
Since the Commerce Department first announced its plans to investigate whether Chinese solar panel manufacturers have been circumventing U.S. duties, the media has been whipped into a frenzy. And they’ve been playing right into the hands of a powerful special interest group – the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) – that’s made it its mission to cancel Commerce’s inquiry. David Dayen, the executive editor of public policy magazine The American Prospect, joins The Manufacturing Report to report what he has uncovered about SEIA and debunks some of the organization’s most insidious myths about trade enforcement. Photo courtesy of David Dayen
24 Mai 202223min
