Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As we celebrate Labor Day, our nation is discovering anew the value of making and building things, from cars to semiconductor ...

Economists debate why manufacturing has been more prone to unionization, but one leading explanation is the fact that workers in this industry tend to work at one large workplace (the factory) and, at ...

The furniture industry has been on a roller coaster for the past five years — facing tariffs and economic uncertainty — but Skyline has focused on staying flexible, with sales growing by double digits ...

More than 200 workers have lost their jobs after two facilities were closed down as part of a broader round of cuts.

On paper, many manufacturing facilities are high-performing operations, but research shows that even in the most well-run environments, frontline workers don’t always feel engaged, empowered or ...

Whenever President Trump’s tariff fiasco comes to an end, we will turn attention to the lasting impacts. It is not a pretty picture. One of the many contradictory explanations of the Trump tariffs is ...

The majority of the fatalities were the result of contact incidents, which included encounters with falling or suspended objects, or being caught or compressed by running powered equipment, per ...

This is Part 2 in our series on manufacturing in America. Part 1 asked why Americans aren't filling the manufacturing jobs that are already here. Subscribe to the Planet Money newsletter for the next ...