I am not cut out for the factory life: Sorry to disappoint Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who apparently has big plans for us all. "You go to the community colleges, and you train people!" he says ...

Despite political rhetoric championing a revival of American manufacturing, employers in heavy industries continue to face steep challenges in recruiting and retaining workers, The Wall Street Journal ...

"Jobs in factories will come roaring back into our country," said President Trump when he announced reciprocal tariffs last month. "We will supercharge our domestic industrial base." The American ...

They are lines in the payroll ledger of a Cambodian baby clothing factory, invisible lives near the bottom of the global economy. There is Phan Oem, 53, who says she clocked up to 76 hours a week ...

Dan Ariens laid off workers, cut shifts, and halted nearly all hiring last summer after sales slumped at his company, best known for making bright orange snow blowers and lawnmowers sold around the ...

Only on the internet is 25% of people considered “nobody.” A poll from the Cato Institute recently set social media abuzz. About 80% of the poll’s respondents said that the country would be better off ...

On Tuesday, Dedhe Nurhasanah held an Air Jordan in Nike’s downtown Portland store. She’d seen the model before. She works at an Indonesian factory that makes it. The shoe’s price: $205. Nurhasanah’s ...

As multinational brands shift factory production from China, Indian women — long shut out of the work force — could be prime beneficiaries. Sarika Pawar, second from right, in line with other workers ...

Factory workers on the Cybertruck line at Tesla’s Austin plant were reportedly told to take three days off this week starting Tuesday, according to a memo first viewed by Business Insider. “On Tuesday ...

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. They are lines in the payroll ledger of a Cambodian baby clothing factory, invisible lives near the bottom of the ...