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Today’s jobs report showed that the economy added 151,000 jobs in October, the biggest rise since May. The 159,000 increase in private sector employment was the second-largest monthly rise of the “recovery.” The official unemployment rate stayed at 9.6 percent. NY Times: U.S. Added Jobs Last Month for First Time Since May, On many levels, […]
A poll released today by the Campaign for America’s Future and Democracy Corps proves what we’ve been saying this week about the message voters were sending to the White House and Congress. Conservative leaders in both parties are flat wrong to claim they have a mandate for the dramatic government retrenchment that top congressional Republicans […]
Scott Boos at the Alliance for American Manufacturing has published an analysis of Congressional efforts to boost domestic clean energy technology and producton… Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to “examine the effectiveness of current energy tax policy.” The focus of the hearing was on how the U.S. could contend with […]
On Thursday, April 22, 2010, the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, groups representing workers, industry, and environmental groups will be lobbying Senate offices, urging members to support policies that ensure American manufacturing capacity is used to meet the increasing demand for renewable energy production. They will be joined by clean energy manufacturing workers from across […]
When will we learn that outsourcing to China proves hazardous to our health?… The Miley Cyrus line of bracelets and necklaces contain toxic levels of cadmium. As the Associated Press and USA Today are reporting, the jewelry (which was made in China) is dangerous to children’s health. Cadmium is a known carcinogen, with long-term exposure […]
The Canton, Ohio “Keep It Made In America” Town Hall meeting was at the Kent State University Stark Campus this evening. Lieutenant Governor and Senate candidate Lee Fisher spoke. His opponent, Rob Portman, (U. S. Trade Representative under George W. Bush) was also invited to speak to this meeting discussing how to recover the 2.4 […]
Last night’s “Keep It Made In America” Town Hall meeting was at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, Pennsylvania. Kyle Foust, Chairman of the Erie County Council welcomed the attendees and led off the Town Hall meeting, quoting Hubert Humphrey: “No country ever went broke by investing in its own people.” I recently spoke with […]
I’ll be in Erie, PA to cover a “Keep It Made In America” Town Hall this evening. If you are in the Erie, PA area, tonight’s event will be at 5:30 pm at the Bayfront Convention Center will feature the following guests: Scott Paul, Executive Director, Alliance for American Manufacturing Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, (D-PA) 3rd […]
Driving across Ohio toward Wheeling you pass one small manufacturing company after another – but not too many with lots of cars in the employee parking lot. I stopped in a coffee shop in a small township. They offered me a cookie, and when I declined, the owner said, “We’re giving them away, it’s our […]
I have just learned that tonite’s “Keep It Made In America” Town Hall in Wheeling, West Virginia will be webcast live starting at 5:15PM EST. Visit the Wheeling Town Hall – Live page for the webcast. From their page: With the election less than three weeks away, West Virginia Senate candidates will address the issue […]