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• 60% of Companies Plan Warehouse Automation to Ease Labor Woes
  
  Automation will enhance worker performance rather than replace workers as 61% of companies will enable partial automation or labor augmentation with technology in the warehouse.
  Iw Staff.  Industry Week.  Fri, 21 Jun 2019 19:25 +0000.
• VW Tennessee Workers Reject Union, Dealing Blow to UAW
  
  The election results carry added weight for the UAW, which has long been rebuffed in efforts to recruit at foreign automakers in southern states.
  Bloomberg.  Industry Week.  Sun, 16 Jun 2019 23:15 +0000.
• Manufacturer moving 45 jobs from Milwaukee to Richfield
  
  Metal grate maker Brown-Campbell Co. plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Richfield and would relocate 45 workers from Milwaukee.
  Sean Ryan.  American City Business Journals.  Sun, 09 Jun 2019 23:00:00 +0000.
• Steel plant in Mississippi looking for workers
  
  LUMBERTON, Miss. (AP) - A Florida steel manufacturer that's set up shop in Mississippi needs to hire 60 people by Aug. 1. ...
  Washington Times.  Thu, 30 May 2019 05:22:52 -0400.
• British Steel collapses, putting 25,000 jobs at risk
  
  Furious workers and their families slammed the government, saying ministers should hang their heads in shame, for not intervening to save British Steel as the manufacturer today collapsed.
  Daily Mail.  Wed, 22 May 2019 19:24:02 +0100.
• Ingersoll-Rand Buys PFS, Boosts Fluid Management Business
  
  Ingersoll-Rand's (IR) buyout of PFS will boost the company's existing fluid management business through technical expertise, and the addition of about 1,000 workers and strong manufacturing units.
  Zacks Equity Research.  Zacks.  Mon, 20 May 2019 13:49:00 GMT.
• Bombardier to sell key Northern Ireland plant, shocking workers
  
  Canada's Bombardier Inc shocked workers in Northern Ireland on Thursday by announcing it would sell its Belfast operation, the largest high-tech manufacturer in the British region, which employs 3,600 people.
  Reuters.  Thu, 02 May 2019 10:16:15 -0400.
• Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet
  
  Workers at a 787 Dreamliner plant in South Carolina have complained of defective manufacturing, debris left on planes and pressure to not report violations.
  Natalie Kitroeff and David Gelles.  New York Times.  Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:48:23 GMT.
• Boeing's Dreamliner jet is now facing claims of manufacturing issues
  
  A New York Times investigation found numerous complaints raised by workers at a Boeing facility in South Carolina.
  CNBC.  Sat, 20 Apr 2019 19:13 GMT.
• New initiative to boost digital skills in manufacturing sector
  
  A new training programme has been launched to help manufacturing workers pick up digital skills such as coding and using emerging technology.
  Straits Times.  Thu, 11 Apr 2019 05:00:00 +0800.

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