Factories were supposed to be the big winners of Donald Trump's second term. He vowed that steep tariffs on imports would make foreign goods more expensive, push production back onto U.S. soil, and ...

American manufacturing has lost 68,000 jobs over the last year, with 2025 ending on an eight-month slide, according to Bureau ...

Employment in manufacturing rose slightly in January 2025 while the overall unemployment rate fell by 0.1 points. According to the latest preliminary figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, ...

The U.S. manufacturing industry shed more workers in August despite policies from President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at bolstering the sector. The United States lost 12,000 manufacturing ...

American manufacturing faces a critical talent shortage. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported nearly half a million job openings in the industry as of April 2025. Compounding this, Deloitte ...

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Winton Machine, an Atlanta-based manufacturer, is desperate to hire. So far, there are few takers. CEO and cofounder Lisa Winton has been searching for a salesperson since March. A mechanist job has ...

The U.S. manufacturing sector has experienced a troubling trend, losing jobs for four consecutive months. In August 2025 alone, 12,000 manufacturing jobs vanished, contributing to a total reduction of ...

COMING UP. BUT RIGHT NOW, WE’LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANKS SO MUCH, DIRK. SO OCTOBER’S JOBS REPORT SHOWS A NATIONAL RISE IN MANUFACTURING JOBS, BUT IT’S NOT THE CASE HERE IN ...

Two manufacturing companies announced investments in May that are expected to bring more than 500 jobs to Wayne County. Waukesha, Wisconsin-based Prolec GE, a major manufacturer of power transformers, ...

President Trump has said tariffs will help factories and jobs "come roaring back," but data show the country is shedding manufacturing jobs.