Forum: Work Is Not the Enemy

I can't help it....I'm just so proud of my 15 year old who just landed his first job at McDonalds.:) It confuses me that others don't understand my...

Guess who might be building your new home? http://www.alternet.org/labor/why-person-building-your-next-house-might-just-be-woman Liz

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/15/us/henry-linder-shoe-cobbler/index.html?hpt=hp_c4

Read more: http://business.time.com/2013/04/11/how-made-in-the-usa-is-making-a-comeback/#ixzz2QCCC8LIY

http://www.forbes.com/sites/emsi/2013/03/07/americas-skilled-trades-dilemma-shortages-loom-as-most-in-demand-group-of-workers-ages/ Liz

Why a college degree isn't necessary for a good job: ...

http://www.boston.com/businessupdates/2013/02/22/nation-must-rebuild-industrial-ecosystem-spur-manufacturing-says-mit/6sKvKhCsSNwPilbrg5GdqO/story.htm...

http://money.cnn.com/gallery/smallbusiness/2013/01/25/made-in-america/index.html?hpt=hp_t4 Liz

http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130112/NEWS/301129994/1040?p=1&tc=pg

http://www.manufacturing.net/articles/2013/01/the-kind-of-training-you-really-need

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/manufacturing-jobs-making-comeback-southern-u-s-1C7660234

It's not just the lack of skills that are keeping people from working in the skilled trades field. It's also the lack of necessary education and low...

Can't count on the waves of immigrants anymore. Who's gonna do the labor now? Who built the Erie Canal? Mostly Irish immigrants. Pennsylvania...

http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/2012/11/19/manufacturing-skills-gap-an-education-branding-problem/

This is one entry from an interesting series. (I'm not sure if it has already been posted here.) PROJECT MILWAUKEE : HELP WANTED UNCOVERING THE...

http://www.jsonline.com/business/attracting-women-to-manufacturing-still-a-challenge-kl7bnek-176098291.html Women in Manufacturing

I just caught one of the new “Swap” commercials, and I’m sure I have seen the park assist thing featured before, but I guess it never really jumped...